---
title: accessibilitySpeechLanguage
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilityspeechlanguage
---

# accessibilitySpeechLanguage

A key that indicates the language to use when speaking a string.

## Declaration

```swift
nonisolated static let accessibilitySpeechLanguage: NSAttributedString.Key
```

## Discussion

Discussion The value of this key is an NSString object that contains a BCP 47 language code. When applying it to text in a string, the rules for the specified language govern how to pronounce that string.

## See Also

### Getting accessibility attribute keys

- [accessibilityAlignment](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilityalignment.md)
- [accessibilityAnnotationTextAttribute](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilityannotationtextattribute.md)
- [accessibilityAttachment](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilityattachment.md)
- [accessibilityAutocorrected](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilityautocorrected.md)
- [accessibilityBackgroundColor](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilitybackgroundcolor.md)
- [accessibilityCustomText](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilitycustomtext.md)
- [accessibilityFont](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilityfont.md)
- [accessibilityFontBoldAttribute](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilityfontboldattribute.md)
- [accessibilityFontItalicAttribute](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilityfontitalicattribute.md)
- [accessibilityForegroundColor](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilityforegroundcolor.md)
- [accessibilityLanguage](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilitylanguage.md)
- [accessibilityLink](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilitylink.md)
- [accessibilityListItemIndex](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilitylistitemindex.md)
- [accessibilityListItemLevel](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilitylistitemlevel.md)
- [accessibilityListItemPrefix](foundation/nsattributedstring/key/accessibilitylistitemprefix.md)