---
title: modeLiteral
framework: applicationservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: applicationservices/modeliteral
---

# modeLiteral

When the speech channel is in text-processing mode, indicates that characters and digits are spoken literally (for example, “cat” is spoken as “C-A-T” and “12” is spoken as "one, two"). Use this value with soCharacterMode and soNumberMode.

## Declaration

```swift
var modeLiteral: OSType { get }
```