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# taskHint

A value that indicates the type of speech recognition being performed.

```
var taskHint: SFSpeechRecognitionTaskHint { get set }
```

## Discussion

The default value of this property is [`SFSpeechRecognitionTaskHint.unspecified`](/documentation/Speech/SFSpeechRecognitionTaskHint/unspecified). For a valid list of values, see [`SFSpeechRecognitionTaskHint`](/documentation/Speech/SFSpeechRecognitionTaskHint).

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