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Interview speaking practice: pace, fillers and pauses

Interview speaking practice for how an answer sounds, not only what it says. Record a spoken interview answer in English or Chinese and see an estimated pace, possible filler words and every pause of a second or longer, marked on your transcript.

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Illustrative preview of a speaking readout.

01Workflow

How it works

  1. 01

    Record an answer

    Pick the answer language and record yourself, or upload a short clip.

  2. 02

    Read the signals

    Check pace, filler phrases and pauses against your transcript.

  3. 03

    Say it again

    Tighten the opening, cut the fillers and record again to compare.

02Fit

Speaking practice: who it’s for and when to use it

What’s includedSpeaking practice

  1. 01Estimated pace in words per minute, or characters per minute for Chinese.
  2. 02Possible filler phrases highlighted in your transcript.
  3. 03Pauses of one second or longer, with timestamps.
  4. 04Record in the browser or upload a clip; audio stays on your device until you choose to analyze it.
  5. 05Save a strong spoken answer as interview material.

Who it’s for

  • Candidates interviewing in a second language who want to check their pace and hesitations.
  • Anyone who fills silence with “um”, “you know” or “那个”.
  • People preparing a spoken self-introduction or a two-minute project story.

When to use it

  • Before a phone screen, to rehearse your opening answer.
  • After a mock interview, to re-record the answer that felt shaky.
  • Over several days, to see whether your filler rate trends down on the growth dashboard.

03Sample output

What a delivery readout looks like

Pace, possible fillers and pauses are computed from the transcript and its timestamps — here, on a short sample answer.

Delivery readoutSamplePractice estimate

Estimated pace143words/min
Possible fillers3

um ×1 · uh ×1 · you know ×1

Pauses ≥ 1 s2

0:05 · 1.4 s 0:15 · 1.3 s

Length21.4s

Transcript

So, um, in my last role I led the move of our reporting jobs to a new data warehouse. pause 1.4 sYou know, the old jobs failed almost every Monday. I, uh, mapped every job first, then moved them in three batches, pause 1.3 sand after the last batch the Monday failures stopped.

Illustrative recording and transcript. The numbers are computed by the same code the app uses on your transcript; they are estimates, and accent is never scored.

04Limits

Speaking practice: limits and honest caveats

  • Speech recognition can miss fillers, and a flagged phrase may be meaningful in context.
  • Pauses are estimated from segment timestamps, not measured silence.
  • Pace alone doesn’t mean quality, and pronunciation or accent is never judged.
  • Browser recordings stop at two minutes, and uploaded clips can be up to 5 MB. The recording itself isn’t stored — only the transcript and metrics.

05Questions

Speaking practice: common questions.

Answers specific to this tool, based on how it actually works. General questions are on the home page.

Read the guides
01Which filler words does it track?

In English: um, uh, erm, you know, sort of and kind of. In Chinese: 嗯, 呃, 那个 and 就是说.

02What is a good speaking pace?

There is no single right number; aim to be understood. If listeners ask you to repeat yourself, slow down. If you keep running out of time, cut content rather than speaking faster.

03Can I upload a recording instead?

Yes. Record in the browser or upload a short clip. The audio stays on your device until you choose to analyze it.

06Works well with

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