Text is defined in the PDF file format as a display value (normally what you see onscreen) and an extraction value. It is useful to have 2 options because some characters are displayed differently to what you extract (for example fl is one glyf onscreen but two in extracted text).
But did you know you can have an additional value set to show the actual Text enclosed in a Tj command? If you are using Marked Content, the Dictionary can contain a Dictionary value /ActualText which will be used in place of whatever is shown in the Tj command, which is ignored for extraction purposes. So if you want to add something different (or just ensure that the value comes out exactly as you want, it is a useful feature. What would you use it for?
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