Coaching

One change a day. Never a grade.

Every coached take reads the same way, top to bottom, in about five seconds: what happened, your focus, tomorrow, and one thing to try.

How a coached take reads

  • What happened

    You rushed your opening.

    A plain headline over your own line. The stretch it is about is drawn heavier and captioned: 15 seconds with no break in it. Hear your moment plays exactly that part.

  • Your focus

    Your point arrived after you had already explained it.

    One short sentence about this take.

  • Tomorrow

    Say your point first. Then give one reason.

    The largest type after the headline, because it is the thing to remember. Tomorrow opens with it.

  • Try this

    Answer in one sentence: what should they remember?

    A 30-second drill, inline, if you want it now. The day is complete either way.

How to read the line

Four marks. Nothing else.

The line is built from the audio energy recorded on your iPhone, so it is true even when the speech recognizer misses a word. Width is time, so a shorter answer is a shorter line.

Speechyou are talkingMain pointdrawn heavierLong pause1.6 seconds of silenceShort pause0.3 secondsHedgea word like “kind of”0 swidth is time38 sSpeechyou are talkingMain pointdrawn heavierLong pause1.6 secondsShort pause0.3 secondsHedgea word like “kind of”0 swidth is time38 s
SpeechA solid stroke. Its length is how long you spoke.
PauseA gap. Its width is the real length of the pause.
Main pointThe heavier stretch. Where your point landed.
HedgeA small tick under the line. A word like kind of, or I guess.

What Sayforth measures

Only what can be measured reliably.

Measured

  • Pace, in words a minute
  • Pauses, how long and where
  • Hedges, per 100 words
  • Your point, when it lands
  • Length of the answer

Never shown

  • Filler counts. The recognizer can drop them, so the number would not be honest
  • Loudness and pitch
  • Accent or pronunciation
  • An overall score, of any kind

Honest by rule

When a change is inside normal variation, the screen says so in words. “Pace moved 4 words a minute, which is inside normal variation. Call it about the same.”

Evidence moments

Same question, both takes.

On Days 3, 7, 14, and 21, Day 1’s line sits above today’s on one time axis, with one honest sentence and a button to hear both. It is an early sign that a change is sticking, well before Day 30.

See the full thirty days

Who does what

Measured on your iPhone. Written by a coach model from the numbers and the text, never from your audio.

What leaves your iPhone, and what does not

Day 1

This is where we start.
Nothing to get right.

Day 1 is one question and about a minute of your voice. It is a baseline, not a test. Free to start, with no account and no paywall before your first session.

Coming soon to theApp Store

iPhone, iOS 17 or later.

FreeThe full 30 days, measured every day, coached on Days 1 to 3 and then once a week
Daily coaching$9.99 a month, or $59.99 a year with 7 days free. Every session coached

See pricing in full