[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2020-08-08 UTC."],[],[],null,["# FirebaseVisionText\n\npublic class **FirebaseVisionText** extends [Object](//developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object.html) \nA hierarchical representation of texts.\n\nA [FirebaseVisionText](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText)\ncontains a list of [FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock), and a [FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock) contains a list of [FirebaseVisionText.Line](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.Line)\nwhich is composed of a list of [FirebaseVisionText.Element](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.Element). \n\n### Nested Class Summary\n\n|-------|---|---|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| class | [FirebaseVisionText.Element](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.Element) || Roughly equivalent to a space-separated \"word\" in most Latin languages, or a character in others. |\n| class | [FirebaseVisionText.Line](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.Line) || Represents a line of text. |\n| class | [FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock) || A block of text (think of it as a paragraph) as deemed by the OCR engine. |\n\n### Public Method Summary\n\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [String](//developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String.html) | [getText](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText#getText())() Retrieve the recognized text as a string. |\n| [List](//developer.android.com/reference/java/util/List.html)\\\u003c[FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock)\\\u003e | [getTextBlocks](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText#getTextBlocks())() Gets an unmodifiable list of [FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock), which is a block of text and can be further decomposed to a list of [FirebaseVisionText.Line](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.Line). |\n\n### Inherited Method Summary\n\nFrom class java.lang.Object \n\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [Object](//developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object.html) | clone() |\n| boolean | equals([Object](//developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object.html) arg0) |\n| void | finalize() |\n| final [Class](//developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class.html)\\\u003c?\\\u003e | getClass() |\n| int | hashCode() |\n| final void | notify() |\n| final void | notifyAll() |\n| [String](//developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String.html) | toString() |\n| final void | wait(long arg0, int arg1) |\n| final void | wait(long arg0) |\n| final void | wait() |\n\nPublic Methods\n--------------\n\n#### public [String](//developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String.html) **getText** ()\n\nRetrieve the recognized text as a string. \n\n#### public [List](//developer.android.com/reference/java/util/List.html)\\\u003c[FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock)\\\u003e\n**getTextBlocks** ()\n\nGets an unmodifiable list of [FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.TextBlock), which is a block of text and can be further\ndecomposed to a list of [FirebaseVisionText.Line](/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/ml/vision/text/FirebaseVisionText.Line)."]]
