---
title: CIFeatureTypeText
framework: coreimage
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: coreimage/cifeaturetypetext
---

# CIFeatureTypeText

A Core Image feature type for text.

## Declaration

```swift
let CIFeatureTypeText: String
```

## Discussion

Discussion To detect text in an image or video, pass this to /CIDetector/detectorOfType:context:options: Use the CITextFeature class to find more information about the detected text.

## See Also

### Feature Types

- [CIFeatureTypeFace](coreimage/cifeaturetypeface.md)
- [CIFeatureTypeRectangle](coreimage/cifeaturetyperectangle.md)
- [CIFeatureTypeQRCode](coreimage/cifeaturetypeqrcode.md)