---
title: isSpeaking
framework: avfaudio
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfaudio/avspeechsynthesizer/isspeaking
---

# isSpeaking

A Boolean value that indicates whether the speech synthesizer is speaking or is in a paused state and has utterances to speak.

## Declaration

```swift
var isSpeaking: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If true, the synthesizer is speaking or is in a paused state with utterances in its queue. If false, the synthesizer isn’t speaking and it doesn’t have any utterances in its queue.

## See Also

### Inspecting a speech synthesizer

- [isPaused](avfaudio/avspeechsynthesizer/ispaused.md)