---
title: synthType
framework: applicationservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: applicationservices/speechversioninfo/1459500-synthtype
---

# synthType

The general type of the synthesizer. For the current version of the Speech Synthesis Manager, this field always contains the value kTextToSpeechSynthType, indicating that the synthesizer converts text into speech.

## Declaration

```swift
var synthType: OSType
```