Google Assistant answers 2 billion voice queries a month. If you are a news publisher, speakable markup puts your content in that answer. If you are not, AEO God Mode keeps it off until you need it.
Download PluginWhen someone asks “Hey Google, what’s happening with inflation?” or “What are the latest AI regulations?” — Google needs to pick a source. It needs to find a section of a page that sounds natural when read aloud. Without speakable markup, Google makes its own guess about what to read. With it, you tell Google exactly which sentences to use.
That’s the difference between being the source and being invisible to voice search.
Here’s what matters: AEO God Mode knows the difference. Select “News Publisher” in the setup wizard and speakable activates automatically. Select anything else and it stays off. No wasted markup. No false alarms in your content gap report. You can always toggle it on later from Schema Engine if your site evolves.
Right now, if a voice assistant pulls from your article, it picks whatever text it finds first. That might be your byline. Your cookie notice. A photo caption. The wrong paragraph entirely.
Speakable markup solves this. You mark exactly which sections should be read aloud, and the voice assistant respects that markup. Your headline. Your opening summary. The key fact. You choose.
Without speakable, you’re leaving the voice answer to chance. With it, you’re scripting it.
Here’s what would normally require a developer to hand-code on every single page:
Every page on your site gets a valid SpeakableSpecification injected into the head. No code. No per-page configuration. Toggle it on and it works across your entire site.
You pick which HTML elements are speakable. Default: your H2 headings and first paragraph. Want your summary box instead? Change the selector in Schema Engine and it applies everywhere instantly.
Sometimes your existing content isn’t written for voice. The AI reads your article and generates a 2-3 sentence summary that sounds natural when spoken aloud. One click. Saved to your post, ready for schema output.
The content gap scanner only flags speakable issues when it makes sense: speakable is enabled, the post is 500+ words, and it’s actually a content post (not a landing page or product). If speakable is off, the scanner ignores it completely.
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "WebPage",
"name": "Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady at 5.5%",
"url": "https://example.com/fed-rate-decision-march-2026",
"speakable": {
"@type": "SpeakableSpecification",
"cssSelector": [
".entry-content h2",
".entry-content p:first-of-type"
]
}
}This tells Google: “Read the H2 and the first paragraph if a voice assistant needs to answer a question about this page.” The plugin generates this on every page load. You never touch the code.
| What Google Requires | What AEO God Mode Does |
|---|---|
| Article or WebPage schema type | Auto-outputs WebPage with SpeakableSpecification |
| CSS selectors pointing to speakable content | Configurable editor with smart defaults |
| Concise sections (20-30 seconds of audio) | Default selectors target naturally short elements |
| No captions, datelines, or attribution text | Selectors target content only, not metadata |
| Conversational, TTS-friendly language | AI summary generator writes for spoken delivery |
| Valid structured data | Schema tested against Google Rich Results spec |
Google’s speakable feature is still in beta. It works for US-based English news publishers enrolled in Google News, on Google Home devices and Google Assistant. That’s the current scope.
For non-news sites, the markup is valid schema that won’t cause errors or penalties. But Google won’t activate voice features for your site until they expand the beta. That’s why AEO God Mode defaults it to off and labels it clearly as a beta feature.
If you’re a news publisher, this is an open lane. Most of your competitors haven’t implemented speakable markup. That means the voice answer slot is up for grabs on every query your site covers. Same effort as everyone else, but you’re the one Google reads aloud.
If you’re not a news publisher, focus on FAQ schema, strong headings, llms.txt, and direct answer structures. Those move the needle for AI visibility right now. When Google opens speakable to all sites, AEO God Mode will be ready. One toggle.
No. Speakable is optional and has zero impact on traditional Google rankings. Its only function is telling voice assistants which parts of your page to read aloud. For most sites, FAQ schema and strong headings matter more.
No. The markup is valid Schema.org vocabulary. Google ignores it on sites that are not enrolled in Google News. No penalties, no errors. AEO God Mode keeps it off by default so you do not have unused markup on your pages.
No. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and other AI answer engines do not read speakable markup. They rely on content structure, page authority, and relevance. For AI citation visibility, use FAQ schema, llms.txt, and concise answer formatting.
It reads your full article and writes a 2-3 sentence voice-optimized summary. Conversational tone, no jargon, no datelines. One click in the Content Gap Scanner. The summary is saved as post metadata for use in speakable schema. This is a Pro feature.
Yes. The toggle in Schema Engine works for any site type at any time. You do not need to re-run the wizard. Enable it, configure your CSS selectors, and the markup appears on every page immediately.
All singular pages and posts. The JSON-LD is injected automatically on every page load. The Content Gap Scanner flags posts with 500+ words that are missing a dedicated speakable summary, but only when the feature is toggled on.