---
title: outgoingMessageType
framework: intents
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: intents/insendmessageintent/outgoingmessagetype
---

# outgoingMessageType

The format of the message contents.

## Declaration

```swift
var outgoingMessageType: INOutgoingMessageType { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If the user asks Siri to send an audio message,_ _the value of this property is INOutgoingMessageType.outgoingMessageAudio. An audio message may also include a transcription of the audio message in the content property. If the user doesn’t specify what type of message to send, the default message type is INOutgoingMessageType.outgoingMessageText.

## See Also

### Specifying Details About a Message

- [recipients](intents/insendmessageintent/recipients.md)
- [conversationIdentifier](intents/insendmessageintent/conversationidentifier.md)
- [speakableGroupName](intents/insendmessageintent/speakablegroupname.md)
- [content](intents/insendmessageintent/content.md)
- [serviceName](intents/insendmessageintent/servicename.md)
- [sender](intents/insendmessageintent/sender.md)
- [attachments](intents/insendmessageintent/attachments.md)