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# UIDictationPhrase

An object that represents the textual interpretation of a spoken phrase that the user dictates.

```
@MainActor class UIDictationPhrase
```

## Overview

When the user chooses dictation input on a supported device, the system automatically inserts recognized phrases into the current text view. You can use an object of the [`UIDictationPhrase`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDictationPhrase) class to obtain a string representing a phrase a user has dictated. In the case of ambiguous dictation results, a dictation phrase object provides an array containing alternative strings. Methods in the [`UITextInput`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInput) protocol allow your app to respond to the completion of dictation.

## Topics

### Obtaining textual interpretations of spoken text

[`alternativeInterpretations`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDictationPhrase/alternativeInterpretations)

An array of alternative textual interpretations of a dictated phrase.

[`text`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDictationPhrase/text)

The most likely textual interpretation of a dictated phrase.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

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

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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