diff --git a/lib/ace/ext/chromevox.js b/lib/ace/ext/chromevox.js
index 3243a7a6..e51800a4 100644
--- a/lib/ace/ext/chromevox.js
+++ b/lib/ace/ext/chromevox.js
@@ -356,6 +356,28 @@ var speakTokenQueue = function(token) {
   speakToken_(token, 1);
 };
 
+/**
+ * @param {!cvoxAce.Token} token Token to speak.
+ * Get the token speech property.
+ */
+var getTokenProp = function(token) {
+  /* Types are period delimited. In this case, we only syntax speak the outer
+   * most type of token. */
+  if (!token || !token.type) {
+    return;
+  }
+  var split = token.type.split('.');
+  if (split.length === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  var type = split[0];
+  var prop = rules[type];
+  if (!prop) {
+    prop = DEFAULT_PROP;
+  }
+  return prop;
+};
+
 /**
  * Speak the token based on the syntax of the token.
  * @private