Turn your speech into cue cards
Paste it in. You get one thought per card, in type you can read at arm’s length, and a straight answer about how long it runs. Print them, or take them up on your phone. It’s free, and your words never leave this page.
This runs in your browser. Nothing you paste is sent anywhere or saved.
Two things you can type
- [Square brackets] for a note to yourself, like [pause] or [look at Sarah]. It shows up small and doesn’t count toward the time.
- {Curly braces} right after a name for how to say it: Siobhan {sho-VAHN}.
Questions
- How does it decide where one card ends?
- Every line break starts a new card. A card that runs long gets split again at the end of a sentence, never in the middle of one. Quotes, names and dates stay whole.
- What’s the difference between cue cards and note cards?
- People use both for the same thing. When there is a difference, note cards hold a chunk of your outline and cue cards hold one prompt each, big enough to catch in a glance. This makes the second kind.
- Does it work for a speech in another language?
- Yes. Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi and most others cut into cards the same way, and right-to-left languages read right to left.
- Is my speech saved or sent anywhere?
- No. The cutting happens in your browser. Close the tab and it’s gone, so print the cards or copy the text somewhere first.
- What are the practice levels for?
- Remembering it. Run the speech once at each level, every word, then first few words, then first letters, and a few words on a card starts pulling the rest back. The guide on how to remember a speech walks through it.
Want these on your phone?
PalmCue puts the same cards on your phone. One thumb moves you on, your eyes stay on the room, and a silent buzz tells you if you’re running long. $0.99 once, when it’s out.
See PalmCue