Presentation rehearsed — but does it work? Feedback without an audience
Your slides are ready, you've practiced — but no one can tell you whether it really lands: colleagues are too polite, your partner too tired, and you can't hear yourself from the outside. In just a few minutes, you'll get the honest rehearsal feedback you've been missing.
For the next few minutes
Good rehearsal feedback answers three questions: Does the core message come through? Do the first and last sentences carry weight? And where do you lose your audience — in run-on sentences, in pace, in jargon without explanation? These are exactly the questions a look at the transcript answers better than any polite nod.
That's why honest feedback doesn't start with criticism, but with what you should keep: two strengths, quoted word for word. Only then come the areas to work on — each with a quote, a concrete rephrasing, and a practice prompt for your next run-through.
The numbers are measured, not felt: words per minute (110–150 is a good presentation pace), filler words counted from the transcript, your three longest sentences — broken down into short, speakable units.
Important for your peace of mind: your recording is only transcribed and then deleted. The transcript and feedback stay in your browser — that's also where you compare run one with run two. The comparison, not the individual piece of feedback, is what makes the rehearsal effective.
Step by step
1. Record your rehearsal
Speak out loud for up to 3 minutes — the beginning of your presentation is enough.
2. Read your strengths and observations
With quotes from your rehearsal, no grade.
3. Apply the rephrasing suggestions
Opening line, closing line, untangled run-on sentences.
4. Compare your second run-through
Pace and filler words show what has improved.
Common questions
I'm presenting tomorrow morning — is it still worth it?
Especially then: a 3-minute rehearsal plus feedback takes under ten minutes. A sharper opening line and a pause in the right place are exactly the kinds of changes that can still settle in overnight.
Do I get a grade or a score?
No, deliberately not. Grades don't tell you WHAT to change. Instead: observations with word-for-word quotes, concrete rephrasing suggestions, and measured metrics like pace and filler words.
What if my problem is nerves, not the content?
Then rehearsing is still the right place to start: a solid opening line takes the biggest hurdle away from your body. For the moment just before you go on, there are also exercises in the Sprechmut Pack — the coach will show you the way there.