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# VNRecognizedText

Text recognized in an image through a text recognition request.

```
class VNRecognizedText
```

## Overview

A single [`VNRecognizedTextObservation`](/documentation/Vision/VNRecognizedTextObservation) can contain multiple recognized text objects—one for each candidate.

## Topics

### Creating a Recognized Text Instance

[`init(coder:)`](/documentation/Vision/VNRecognizedText/init(coder:))

### Determining Recognized Text

[`string`](/documentation/Vision/VNRecognizedText/string)

The top candidate for recognized text.

[`confidence`](/documentation/Vision/VNRecognizedText/confidence)

A normalized confidence score for the text recognition result.

### Locating Recognized Text

[`boundingBox(for:)`](/documentation/Vision/VNRecognizedText/boundingBox(for:))

Calculates the bounding box around the characters in the range of a string.

[`boundingBoxForRange:error:`](/documentation/Vision/VNRecognizedText/boundingBoxForRange:error:)

Calculates the bounding box around the characters in the range of a string.


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