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# AttributeScopes.AccessibilityAttributes.TextualContextAttribute.TextualContext

Textual context that assistive technologies can use to improve the
presentation of spoken text.

```
enum TextualContext
```

## Topics

### Enumeration Cases

[`case console`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributeScopes/AccessibilityAttributes/TextualContextAttribute/TextualContext/console)

Text used for input, like in the Terminal app.

[`case fileSystem`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributeScopes/AccessibilityAttributes/TextualContextAttribute/TextualContext/fileSystem)

Text used for a file name or path, like in the Files app.

[`case messaging`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributeScopes/AccessibilityAttributes/TextualContextAttribute/TextualContext/messaging)

Text used in a message, like in the Messages app.

[`case narrative`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributeScopes/AccessibilityAttributes/TextualContextAttribute/TextualContext/narrative)

Text of long form reading content, like in the Books or News app.

[`case plain`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributeScopes/AccessibilityAttributes/TextualContextAttribute/TextualContext/plain)

Text that has no specific context.

[`case sourceCode`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributeScopes/AccessibilityAttributes/TextualContextAttribute/TextualContext/sourceCode)

Text used in source code, like in Swift Playgrounds.

[`case spreadsheet`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributeScopes/AccessibilityAttributes/TextualContextAttribute/TextualContext/spreadsheet)

Text used in a grid of data, like in the Numbers app.

[`case wordProcessing`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributeScopes/AccessibilityAttributes/TextualContextAttribute/TextualContext/wordProcessing)

Text used in a document, like in the Pages app.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Escapable`](/documentation/Swift/Escapable)

[`Encodable`](/documentation/Swift/Encodable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Decodable`](/documentation/Swift/Decodable)

[`Copyable`](/documentation/Swift/Copyable)

---

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