Implement Speakable structured data for TTS and AI-citation use cases
domain: structured-data · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Identify the specific sections of a page (e.g., a summary paragraph or key facts) best suited to being read aloud or quoted verbatim
Mark those sections with a SpeakableSpecification using cssSelector (or xpath) pointing at the exact DOM elements
Keep marked sections concise and self-contained, since the property is meant to flag citable passages, not entire articles
Validate with the Rich Results Test, noting Speakable currently has no dedicated visible rich-result/SERP feature — it functions as an AI-citation signal rather than a guaranteed display feature
Monitor whether marked passages start appearing verbatim in AI Overviews or other AI-generated answers as a proxy for whether the markup is being used
Known gotchas
Speakable remains labeled beta in Google's own documentation — treat it as an experimental signal, not a stable guaranteed feature
There's no SERP rich-result badge or visible feature tied to Speakable today, so don't promise stakeholders a visible search feature from adding it
Marking overly broad sections (e.g., the entire article body) defeats the purpose — the value is in flagging the single most citable passage, not maximizing coverage
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