---
title: characterBoxes
framework: Vision
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
platforms: [iOS 11.0+, iPadOS 11.0+, Mac Catalyst 13.1+, macOS 10.13+, tvOS 11.0+, visionOS 1.0+]
path: vision/vntextobservation/2867213-characterboxes
---

# characterBoxes

An array of detected individual character bounding boxes.

## Declaration

```swift
var characterBoxes: [VNRectangleObservation]? { get }
```

## Discussion

If the associated [VNDetectTextRectanglesRequest](../vndetecttextrectanglesrequest.md) request indicates interest in character boxes by setting the option `reportCharacterBoxes` to [true](../../swift/true.md), this property is non-`nil`. If no characters are found, it remains empty.