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# allowsAccessibilityLiveSpeech

A Boolean value that indicates whether to allow Live Speech during an assessment.

```
var allowsAccessibilityLiveSpeech: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Users can enable Live Speech in the Settings app (Accessibility > Speech > Live Speech) to type what they want to say and have it spoken aloud. An assessment session disables Live Speech by default, but you can allow it by setting [`allowsAccessibilityLiveSpeech`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentConfiguration/allowsAccessibilityLiveSpeech) to `true` in the [`AEAssessmentConfiguration`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentConfiguration) instance that you use to initialize a session.

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