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# SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState

The state of the task associated with the recognition request.

```
enum SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState
```

## Topics

### Task states

[`SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState.canceling`](/documentation/Speech/SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState/canceling)

Delivery of recognition results has finished, but audio recording may be ongoing.

[`SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState.completed`](/documentation/Speech/SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState/completed)

Delivery of recognition requests has finished and audio recording has stopped.

[`SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState.finishing`](/documentation/Speech/SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState/finishing)

Audio recording has stopped, but delivery of recognition results may continue.

[`SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState.running`](/documentation/Speech/SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState/running)

Speech recognition (potentially including audio recording) is in progress.

[`SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState.starting`](/documentation/Speech/SFSpeechRecognitionTaskState/starting)

Speech recognition (potentially including audio recording) has not yet started.


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