Tempo: Public Speaking Coach

Stop Speaking too fast during presentations

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Stop Speaking too fast during presentations

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Talking fast can lead to a lack of clear enunciation, articulation and an engaging tone, preventing your message from taking hold in the listener's mind. Tempo warns you while that happens, in real-time, so you can make adjustment.

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Hey there 👋🐱, Today I am launching Tempo, a super simple MacOS app that gently pings you when you are talking too fast during presentations. story time 👇 I lived it myself, presenting to Craig Federighi one of my features during my time at Apple and after the presentation one of my manager's feedback was that I was going a little too fast. I see it when my wife presents her work, often in times there are bursts of speeches that make the presentation difficult to absorb. And I see it often when my colleagues present their work on a weekly basis. Post presenting feedback is great but it doesn't really prevent this from happening next time you present your work. And of course practice helps a tons but even better, practice while it's happening: get notified in real time when you are speeding a little during your presentation and just adjust your tempo. end of story time ☝️ Feature lists. While Tempo is super simple to use, it's packed with features: 1️⃣ Personalized notifications: you can choose to be notified either via sound, notification, or both, and adjust the sound if you want to 2️⃣ Burst Detection & Overall Flow: whether you tend to speed up for a short period of time or your overall flow is too fast, with not enough breaks or emphasis on the right words, we have your back. Tempo detects both of the issues and send different notifications for each, for you to adjust accordingly. 3️⃣ Speech Profiles: some tends to talk slow and some tends to talk naturally fast. in Tempo you can choose your speech profile and we adjust the algorithm to take that into account. If you generally tend to speak slow Tempo will be a little more rigid and warns you sooner, but if you are a fast speaker the algorithm will be a little more relaxed. Tempo adjusts to you. 4️⃣ Multi language support: Tempo supports over 30 languages and 60 locales 5️⃣ Multi platform: whether you use Zoom, Slack, or Google meet, or any other video conference software, Tempo just works out of the box. Tempo is free to try, so let me know what you think! Cheers

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2yr ago

Opengeni

I guess this is the counter culture to 2.5x faster YouTube videos. Is there any science that slower is better?

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2yr ago

@sentry_co Yes, I've seen this (speech tempo) in at least 4 different body language/perception books. I've also tested it and found it to be true anecdotally. > From an Amazon review of Presence by Amy Cuddy-- "Ultimately, participants’ speaking rate had an inverse relationship with how powerful they felt. That is, the more slowly they read the sentences, the more powerful, confident, and effective they felt afterward." Speak slowly to feel powerful! -- > The one I use most if from the Chris Voss book, Never Split the Difference. Screenshot from the tool I use to find quotes lol: https://shot.screenden.com/DFLYMMNR Or here, you can see an example of his technique in real time (12:30) https://youtu.be/q8CHXefn7B4 I use this intentionally for myself, and for tense conversations. I noticed when I used to have to do work meetings, I could slow myself down and think clearly with this voice/tempo. Sorry to go on a tangent, but thought it applied here. As for actual science/studies, I think this is an intersection of social science and psychology that would be incredibly hard to measure in an RCT haha. There's still plenty of studies out there - just results are all over the place from what I've seen.

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2yr ago

Opengeni

@esus Its an interesting topic for sure. Personally I do enjoy really fast convos over the phone for instance. The faster we can ping pong the more I feel we can figure things out.

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2yr ago

@esus Love Chris Voss! I'd never seen that interview before. Thanks for sharing.

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2yr ago

This is brilliant. Great to see it getting upvotes and attention! I wondered while I scrolled the landing page if there could be a demo of you speaking fast and slow in a screen recording (sort of like this, but a video? https://shot.screenden.com/v5pjdxWr) and seeing how it works in real time when I landed on the page. Love this, congrats on your launch!

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2yr ago

@esus yeah i think it might make sense. Thanks for the feedback

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2yr ago

Build Check

Hey Luca! It's so interesting cause everybody tend to look for more and more speed but it's also true that it can be counterproductive at the end. Hope all the makers here can find it out as useful at it is. All the best!

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2yr ago

Great product, Luca! I'll try it in my next presentation It would be interesting to see statistics if Tempo helps people to present slowly long-term

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2yr ago

@klim_uae yes, it’s in the roadmap

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2yr ago

Flowlu

What a wonderful concept and product! And I'm particularly excited about the upcoming features such as post-presentation analysis and filler word detection. I think, using these tools has the potential to elevate my speaking skills, boost confidence, and enhance the clarity of my messages. Can't wait to try it!

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2yr ago

Love love love it! ❤️🐢 I will certainly use Tempo as I often speak too fast in presentations. Congrats for the launch.

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2yr ago

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