---
title: kSpeechCharacterModeProperty
framework: applicationservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: applicationservices/kspeechcharactermodeproperty
---

# kSpeechCharacterModeProperty

Get or set the speech channel’s current character-processing mode.

## Declaration

```swift
let kSpeechCharacterModeProperty: CFString
```

## Discussion

Discussion The value associated with this property is a CFString object that specifies whether the speech channel is currently in normal or literal character-processing mode. The constants kSpeechModeNormal and kSpeechModeLiteral (defined in Speech-Channel Modes for Core Foundation-based Functions) are the possible values of this string. When the character-processing mode is kSpeechModeNormal, input characters are spoken as you would expect to hear them. When the mode is kSpeechModeLiteral, each character is spoken literally, so that the word “cat” is spoken “C–A–T”. This property works with the CopySpeechProperty(_:_:_:) and SetSpeechProperty(_:_:_:) functions.