Rate is adjustable, and silence is punctuation you can hear. Drag the rate slider, then click the dots between phrases to insert a short breath (/) or a full stop-and-hold (//), and click any word to stress it. Press Deliver it and the passage plays back at exactly the pace you built.
Rate
150 wpmbrisk
120–160 wpm is the range usually cited for public speaking. But a metronomic 140 is still exhausting — what listeners need is contrast, so the marks you place below matter more than this number.
The passage · click dots for pauses, words for stress
What the room hears
speechrhetorical pausefilled with “um”
0:00Run time
150Effective wpm
0%Silence
0Stressed
Playback is silent on purpose — say it out loud with the highlight. If your mouth cannot keep up, that is the number your audience is drowning in.