speechio: 60-second speaking drills

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Can you score above 70?

Record for 60 seconds. Get a score, a filler word count, and one thing to fix.

Pick an answer. See the feedback. Then try your own.

These are sample recordings run through the same evaluation as every drill. Pick a track and skill level, listen to the audio, then read what the feedback looks like.

2. Choose Delivery Quality

Audio SampleGeneral (Developing) · Sample recording

Sample evaluation. This is what the feedback looks like after every drill. Try your own below ↓

Prompt

“Describe a time you showed leadership.”

Sample

57/ 100Needs Work

37s duration195 WPM

Coach verdict

You gave a relevant leadership example with a clear action and positive result, but the response was rushed and weakened by fillers, hedging, and a slow-starting opener. Lead with the challenge, state your leadership actions more decisively, and use the available time to add measurable impact.

Action Plan

One thing to remember

Give the same relevant example, but make it more decisive, structured, and specific while slowing your delivery.

Next attempt drill

Use a 45-second STAR structure: spend 8 seconds on the challenge, 20 seconds on your leadership actions, 10 seconds on the result, and 7 seconds on the lesson; rehearse without “basically,” “like,” “kind of,” “you know,” or “I think.”

Keep doing this

You identified a real coordination problem, took specific ownership-building actions, and connected them to a successful on-time launch.

Opening Hook

What was spoken

“So, basically, um, there was this time at my old company when we were working on a product launch.”

Punchier rewrite

“At my old company, I led a product launch that was falling behind schedule.”

Top Observations (2)

Coach approvesstrong moment

“I decided to make a shared list, and I asked everyone what they could finish that week.”

This is a concrete leadership action that shows organization, delegation, and accountability.

Fix: Keep this level of specificity and emphasize how the action changed team coordination.

Coach noticedfiller cluster

“So, basically, um,”

The answer begins with multiple fillers, which delays the main point and weakens your executive presence.

Fix: Start directly with: “At my old company, I led a product launch that was falling behind schedule.”

Try with your own voice: no account needed

Record 30 seconds on the prompt below. You'll get a score, pacing data, and a rewritten version of your opening hook. No sign-up required.

Why not just ChatGPT

ChatGPT will tell you that was great. This won't.

Voice assistants auto-clean your transcript and let you re-record until it sounds good. That's polite. It's also why nothing changes.

Voice assistants

  • You can pause, restart, and re-record. Nothing is at stake, so nothing sticks.
  • Your transcript gets cleaned up. The filler words vanish, and so does your awareness of them.
  • The feedback is always encouraging, regardless of what you actually said.

speechio

  • 60 seconds. No restarts. The timer pressure is the point.
  • Your exact words, every hesitation, and the timestamps to find them.
  • A score, a quote from your own answer, and one specific thing to fix.

How it works

One prompt. One minute. Then feedback.

1

You get a prompt

From a curated track or your own custom deck. No prep time. That's deliberate.

SYSTEM DESIGN · EXPERT

“Design a distributed rate-limiting architecture spanning 5 global cloud regions.”

2

You talk for 60 seconds

The timer runs. Your pauses, fillers, and pacing are all tracked. No restarts.

60s hard stop 120-160 WPM target

3

You get a score and one thing to fix

A breakdown across seven axes, your own words quoted with timestamps, and one micro-drill to practice before your next attempt.

Score: 783 ums counted1 thing to fix

Tracks

Two tracks. Pick the one that matches the pressure you're preparing for.

Technical Track

System Design & Architecture

For system design interviews, architecture reviews, and explaining technical decisions under a timer.

General Track

Impromptu & Executive Speech

Impromptu speaking, opinion and debate prompts, or just getting comfortable thinking out loud. Add your own interview questions with a custom deck.

Available in 8 languages

EnglishSpanishFrenchGermanItalianIndonesianMandarinJapanese

Sample feedback

Here's what a full evaluation looks like.

Your words, scored and timestamped. The evaluation quotes you directly so you can hear what worked and where you lost the thread.

Pricing

Free is actually free. Pro is for volume.

Three evaluated drills to start, and one more every 5 hours, at no cost. Pro removes the cap and adds 2- and 3-minute sessions.

Free Tier$0

3 lives · +1 every 5 hours

3 lives, one per evaluated drill

1 custom deck drill per day, separate from lives

Up to 3 custom prompt decks

Both tracks, all 8 languages

Lives refill one at a time. One every 5 hours, up to 3. If an evaluation fails, you get the life back.

Start for free

Billed monthly

$9.99/ month

Cancel anytime. No contract.

No lives, no daily custom deck cap

2-Topic & Situation drills

Audio and transcript export

Unlimited custom decks and deck analytics

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One prompt. 60 seconds.
See where you land.

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