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# init(vocabularyIdentifier:spokenPhrase:pronunciationHint:)

Initializes the string with a phrase from your app’s vocabulary.

```
init(vocabularyIdentifier: String, spokenPhrase: String, pronunciationHint: String?)
```

## Parameters

`vocabularyIdentifier`

The identifier of a phrase that your app registered as part of its vocabulary.

`spokenPhrase`

The spoken phrase associated with that vocabulary.

`pronunciationHint`

A hint at how the spoken phrase is pronounced. This string is not a phonetic spelling of the original phrase, but is a string that has an equivalent sound when spoken. For example, the phrase “iTunes” could have “eye toons” as its pronunciation string.

## Return Value

An initialized speakable string object.

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