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# barcodes

The machine-readable codes found within the container.

```
var barcodes: [BarcodeObservation] { get }
```

## Discussion

Vision recognizes 20 different barcode types; to see the specific codes you can use [`supportedBarcodeSymbologies`](/documentation/Vision/RecognizeDocumentsRequest/supportedBarcodeSymbologies). To see this
value, set [`enabled`](/documentation/Vision/RecognizeDocumentsRequest/BarcodeDetectionOptions-swift.struct/enabled)
within [`RecognizeDocumentsRequest.BarcodeDetectionOptions`](/documentation/Vision/RecognizeDocumentsRequest/BarcodeDetectionOptions-swift.struct) to `true`.

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