---
title: addsPunctuation
framework: speech
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: speech/sfspeechrecognitionrequest/addspunctuation
---

# addsPunctuation

A Boolean value that indicates whether to add punctuation to speech recognition results.

## Declaration

```swift
var addsPunctuation: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Set this property to true for the speech framework to automatically include punctuation in the recognition results. Punctuation includes a period or question mark at the end of a sentence, and a comma within a sentence.