Rehearse in private with an AI coach, see your progress in numbers, then speak in a live room that is on your side.

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Before and after

“The first thirty seconds of a talk.”

The same voice answers twice. Press play and follow along.

Illustrative voices

The first answer

Hi, um, sorry, okay. So I’m, uh, I’m going to talk about, um, our results, and, sorry, I’m a bit nervous, so, um, let’s just, yeah, let’s just start.

Fillers
before 5, marked words.
Hedges
before 2, marked phrases.
Pauses
before 7, 0.35 s or longer.
Length
before 15, seconds.

Measured on these two clips. pauses are silences of 0.35 seconds or longer. Fillers are marked, hedges underlined. One synthesised voice reads both takes.

Where it goes wrong

Three things to practise, each with its instrument.

  1. 01 / 03

    Practise where nobody is watching.

    The first step is private.

    • Record a take alone, as many times as you want
    • Get a calm, specific report on what to change next
    • Build up to the moment one small step at a time

    Take after take

    Move across Sample

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    Take
    8 of 8
    Opening pace
    138 wpm

    Alone, as many times as you want.

  2. 02 / 03

    See that you are improving.

    Anxiety says nothing is changing. The numbers say otherwise.

    • Track pace, filler words and pauses take by take
    • Watch your rushed openings slow down
    • Your progress, saved, so you can see how far you have come

    Pace of the first 30 seconds

    Move across Sample

    Week
    6
    First 30 s
    141 wpm

    Your rushed openings, slowing down.

  3. 03 / 03

    Then a room that is on your side.

    Confidence is built in front of people, not in your head.

    • Live club sessions with members practising the same thing; your first one is included
    • Short, structured turns, so you speak without being put on the spot
    • Kind, specific feedback from people who get it

    One step at a time

    Move across Sample

    A room that is on your side

Your place on the Path

Start at Level 1: Foundation.

Five levels, one question each. Open any of them to see what it asks of you.

Level 1 · Start here

Foundation

Can I be understood?

The back row hears you, at a pace they can follow.

Being understood. Your words land the first time, at a pace people can keep up with, without the ums and the hedging in the way.

See the whole Path

Free, about three minutes

Hear yourself the way they will.

A free 3-minute Communication Analysis shows where you stand today.

Start the free analysis

Speech thirds

  • Opening

    0.22

  • Body

    0.55

  • Close

    0.23

Vocabulary diversity

  • Ideal
  • You
  • Average

  • Narrow

  • Varied

Questions

It will not make nerves disappear, and it does not need to. It helps you practise until the nerves stop deciding how you sound.

Not at first. Start alone with the AI coach. Join a live session only when you are ready. Your first one is included.

That is normal and it is what practice is for. Short, repeated takes make the opening automatic, and the opening is where most freezes happen.

No. Exprea is a speaking practice tool and club. If anxiety seriously affects your life, please talk to a professional.

The free Communication Analysis takes three minutes and you can do it alone.

Something else? Every question we get asked, or write to us.

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