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# RecognizedTextObservation.Direction

An enum representing which direction the text is read.

```
enum Direction
```

## Topics

### Directions

[`case leftToRight`](/documentation/Vision/RecognizedTextObservation/Direction/leftToRight)

[`case rightToLeft`](/documentation/Vision/RecognizedTextObservation/Direction/rightToLeft)

[`case topToBottom`](/documentation/Vision/RecognizedTextObservation/Direction/topToBottom)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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