SpeakableSpecification
SpeakableSpecification is a schema.org property that indicates which sections of a page are most appropriate for voice-assistant text-to-speech delivery.
In context
Voice assistants (Google Assistant, Siri via Apple's intent system) can read out short answer paragraphs from web pages — but only if the page declares which sections are speakable. Implementation: nest SpeakableSpecification inside Article schema with cssSelector (or xpath) pointing to the answer section. Best practice: mark the page's primary answer paragraph (the first 1–3 sentences after the H1) as speakable. Limited rich-result eligibility but a clear signal to AI engines about the page's primary answer unit.
Toronto SEO's how-to articles emit SpeakableSpecification pointing to the article's lead paragraph and step-1 instructions — a clear signal to voice and AI engines about the citation-worthy answer section.
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