---
title: kSpeechPhonemeSymbolsProperty
framework: applicationservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: applicationservices/kspeechphonemesymbolsproperty
---

# kSpeechPhonemeSymbolsProperty

Get a list of phoneme symbols and example words defined for the speech channel’s synthesizer.

## Declaration

```swift
let kSpeechPhonemeSymbolsProperty: CFString
```

## Discussion

Discussion The value associated with this property is a CFDictionary object that contains the phoneme symbols and example words defined for the current synthesizer. Your application might use this information to show the user what symbols to use when entering phonemic text directly. See Phoneme Symbols Keys for a description of the keys present in the dictionary. This property works with the CopySpeechProperty(_:_:_:) function.