Objects are Our Friends Especially when Handing Updates Seamlessly
July 28, 2025
Enhanced Chant Objective-C and Swift classes take advantage of latest Apple updates automatically
Chant Objective-C and Swift classes are updated to take advantage of the latest updates in Appleās runtimes. Download the updated libraries and samples that run with the latest Xcode release on Mac platforms. If developing cross-platform Delphi apps, be sure to download and update Developer Workbench libraries and samples on Windows.
Speech recognition and synthesis events in most cases provide result objects with properties associated with the event. Some of these properties are common across APIs but most are not. To support a variety of APIs, the event objects are designed and classes factored to allow for shared common properties and downcasting for access to unique API-specific property values.
The updated Objective-C and Swift samples Command and Synthesis illustrate accessing API-specific properties with downcasting. Review the summary of details in Knowledge Base article H032305.
Dave Coverly in his Speed Bump comic strip reminds us of the possible peril when we miss important notices
If you are ready to update your apps to speak and listen with the latest technology, download and try the latest releases. Let us know your thoughts, if you need assistance, or have questions. We can provide turnkey apps if you no longer want to build them yourself.