kSpeechCharacterModeProperty

Declaration

let kSpeechCharacterModeProperty: CFString

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.