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# AVCaptionFormatConformer

An object that converts a canonical caption to a specific format.

```
class AVCaptionFormatConformer
```

## Topics

### Creating a format conformer

[`init(conversionSettings:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptionFormatConformer/init(conversionSettings:))

Creates a new object with format conversion settings.

[`captionFormatConformerWithConversionSettings:`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptionFormatConformer/captionFormatConformerWithConversionSettings:)

A class method that creates a new object with format conversion settings.

### Conforming captions

[`conformsCaptionsToTimeRange`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptionFormatConformer/conformsCaptionsToTimeRange)

A Boolean value that indicates whether to conform the time range of a canonical caption.

[`conformedCaption(for:)`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptionFormatConformer/conformedCaption(for:))

Creates a caption that conforms to a specific format.


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