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# confidence

The level of confidence the speech recognizer has in its recognition of the speech transcribed for the segment.

```
var confidence: Float { get }
```

## Discussion

This property reflects the overall confidence in the recognition of the entire phrase. The value is `0` if there was no recognition, and it is closer to `1` when there is a high certainty that a transcription matches the user’s speech exactly. For example, a confidence value of `0.94` represents a very high confidence level, and is more likely to be correct than a transcription with a confidence value of `0.72`.

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