This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Speech Timer comes in 3 versions, Free, Lite (£0.59) and Premium (£2.99) from iTunes Not worth shelling out for the premium version £2.99 unless you really really listen to lots of speechs, it might be mildly useful if you come across a lot of talks in work. At the end of the day you can email yourself a log of who spoke and for how long. Rather bizarrely, it also stores the length of different sorts of speeches so you can allocate a time for whoever you are about to listen to. Instead of having to watch the clock, it buzzes you when the allocated time is over. I suppose people who listen to a lot of speeches, or who host at lot of presentations, meetings or panel discussions. It’s not actually associated with the group called ToastMasters, but it does suggest that if you did belong to the speech hosting group, it would be a useful tool.Īpart from members of that grown-up debating club, I’m not really sure who this app is aimed at: it does present itself as a serious piece of kit. Yes, you could time people on your phone’s built-in Timer on the Clock app, but this dedicated app claims it’s got something that a simple timer doesn’t. Speech Timer 1.6 is geared uniquely at timing speeches. Well you can’t stop a tedious talker with your iPhone, but you can now, thanks to a peculiar app, time them and initiate a flashing buzzing alarm that may encourage them to quieten down. Ideal for speeches and presentations where time is of the essence, but where your conclusion must be orderly, to the point and definately not rushed.Bored of listening to over-long speeches? Putting up with lengthy monologues at presentations, meetings or weddings can be a little frustrating when the speaker is neither Barack Obama nor Steve Jobs or perhaps your beloved brother. Target time can be 0-60 min and set in 5 sec increments. monitor your time and progress as you go a visual indication of time elapsed and time remaining Speech Timer Visual gives you all you need at a glance. Surpisingly, I couldn't find a timer that did what I wanted, so I built my own.Ĭombining the features of a stop watch and a countdown timer, this app is just what you need for timing a speech or presentation. Whilst doing this, it is helpful to know exactly how much over time you are, something the countdown timer just could not tell me. Rather, one must bring it to an orderly conclusion and deliver a meaningful closing statement. One does not simply stop the speech once the time is up. Once the allotted time was reached, the timer simply stopped! This is what countdown timers are supposed to do but it is not what you want when making a speech. I still couldn't read the numbers with my peripheral vision, but the biggest problem arose at the end of my speech. I could set my alloted time and see how much time I had left. I found that mentally exhausting to do whilst simultaneously making a speech! Two problems - I couldn't read the numbers with my peripheral vision whilst making my speech and secondly, I had to continually remember what my alloted time was and compare that with the stop watch display, subtracting the two numbers in my head to see how much time I had left. When I first started timing my speeches I used my phones stop watch. Do you need to do something within a certain time?ĭo you need to monitor your progress along the way?Īre you frustrated by countdown timers that stop counting just when you need them most, when you reach the alloted time? I was.
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