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title: DSTextZone - Dynamsoft Capture Vision iOS Edition API Reference
description: The class DSTextZone of Dynamsoft Capture Vision iOS represents a single text zone.
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# DSTextZone

The `TextZone` class describes a text zone.

## Definition

*Assembly:* DynamsoftCaptureVisionBundle.xcframework

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```objc
@interface DSTextZone: NSObject
```
2. 
```swift
class TextZone: NSObject
```

## Attributes & Methods

| Attributes | Type | Description |
| ---------- | ---- | ----------- |
| [`location`](#location) | *DSQuadrilateral * \** | The location of the text zone. |
| [`charContoursIndices`](#charcontourindices) | *NSArray * \** | The indices of the character contours. |

| Method | Description |
| ------ | ----------- |
| [`initWithLocation`](#initwithlocation) | The constructor. Creates a DSRect from the specified parameters. |

### location

The location of the text zone.

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```objc
@property (nonatomic, strong) DSQuadrilateral * location;
```
2. 
```swift
var location: Quadrilateral? { get set }
```

### charContourIndices

The indices of the character contours.

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```objc
@property (nonatomic, copy, nullable) NSArray<NSNumber *> *charContoursIndices;
```
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```swift
var charContoursIndices: [NSNumber]? { get set }
```

### initWithLocation

The constructor. Creates a `DSTextZone` from the location and the character contour indices.

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```objc
- (instancetype)initWithLocation:(DSQuadrilateral *)location
         charContoursIndiceArray:(nullable NSArray<NSNumber *> *)charContoursIndices;
```
2. 
```swift
init(location: Quadrilateral, charContoursIndices: [NSNumber]?)
```