---
title: observation
framework: visionkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: visionkit/recognizeditem/text/observation
---

# observation

An object that contains details about the location and content of text and glyphs in an image.

## Declaration

```swift
var observation: VNRecognizedTextObservation { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Use this property only if you need vision details that aren’t included in the recognized item properties.

## See Also

### Locating text

- [bounds](visionkit/recognizeditem/text/bounds.md)