A1BasicIntroduction
Introducing Myself
The first thing anyone learns to say out loud: who you are and what you do.
30s 635.0(1) Start
Speaking Challenge
Read aloud. Speak clearly. Improve your English.
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Practice English speaking with real-time speech feedback, timed challenges, and interactive teleprompter reading.
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A1Advanced3m · 358 words
9 to 5
Use the “9 to 5” lyrics to practice English speaking, pronunciation, fluency, and confidence.
Start this challengeA1Basic1m · 47 words
Self Introduction - A1
A A1-level basic speaking challenge about self introduction. Speaking practice naturally and confidently while using language appropriate for the A1 CEFR level.
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Featured challenges
C2ExpertAdvanced English
The Sentence as an Instrument
Practice Mode: no timer, no pressure. Read it as slowly as the sentences deserve.
Practice 4375.0(1) Start
B1AdvancedStories
The Lighthouse Keeper
Narrative reading, where the pauses matter as much as the words.
2m 2185.0(1) Start
A1AdvancedLyrics
9 to 5
Use the “9 to 5” lyrics to practice English speaking, pronunciation, fluency, and confidence.
3m 358 Start
B2AdvancedTechnology
What a Model Actually Does
Explaining prediction, pattern and uncertainty without the marketing vocabulary.
2m 240 Start
B1AdvancedTechnology
How the Internet Reaches You
A plain-language explanation of what happens between a click and a page.
2m 243 Start
Script Library
217 scripts
A1BasicIntroduction
Introducing Myself
The first thing anyone learns to say out loud: who you are and what you do.
30s 635.0(1) Start
A1BasicEveryday English
My Morning Routine
Short present-tense sentences about an ordinary morning. A good first challenge.
30s 584.0(3) Start
A1AdvancedLyrics
9 to 5
Use the “9 to 5” lyrics to practice English speaking, pronunciation, fluency, and confidence.
3m 358 Start
C2ExpertAdvanced English
The Sentence as an Instrument
Practice Mode: no timer, no pressure. Read it as slowly as the sentences deserve.
Practice 4375.0(1) Start
B2ProfessionalLeadership
The First Ninety Days
What a new manager should do first, delivered as a briefing to a room of colleagues.
3m 341 Start
B2AdvancedTechnology
What a Model Actually Does
Explaining prediction, pattern and uncertainty without the marketing vocabulary.
2m 240 Start
B1AdvancedStories
The Lighthouse Keeper
Narrative reading, where the pauses matter as much as the words.
2m 2185.0(1) Start
C1ExpertAdvanced English
The Grammar of Persuasion
Dense argued prose at length, where the punctuation is part of the delivery.
5m 543 Start
C2ExpertPublic Speaking
On Speaking Well
The hardest read in the library: long sentences, fine distinctions, and no rest for the voice.
5m 559 Start
B1AdvancedTechnology
How the Internet Reaches You
A plain-language explanation of what happens between a click and a page.
2m 243 Start
C1AdvancedStories
The Cartographer's Mistake
A longer narrative with subordinate clauses to hold while you speak.
3m 326 Start
B1AdvancedProfessional
Running a Good Meeting
Practical workplace English: agendas, decisions and the discipline of finishing on time.
2m 248 Start
A speaking test that listens while you read
The Speaking Challenge puts a script on a teleprompter, listens as you read it aloud, and marks every word green the moment it is recognised. When the script ends you get words per minute, accuracy, completion, and the whole script back with each word marked correct, misread or skipped -- so the feedback points at something you can actually see. Scripts run from thirty seconds to fifteen minutes across six CEFR levels, any word can be looked up mid-read without losing your place, and nothing is recorded or uploaded: the recognition happens in your own browser, and your scores stay in it.
How to use it
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Choose a challenge
Pick a CEFR level, a style and a category, or take today's featured script. The duration pill sets your timer — or choose Practice Mode for no timer at all.
- 2
Set up the teleprompter
Before you start, set the scroll speed, text size, line height and column width. Your settings are remembered in this browser, so you only do this once.
- 3
Allow the microphone
Press Start Speaking and allow the microphone when your browser asks. A three-second countdown gives you time to breathe before the text begins to move.
- 4
Read aloud
Read at the pace of the scroll. Words turn green as they are matched. Hover or tap any word you do not know and everything pauses while you read the definition.
- 5
Read your results
When the script ends you get words per minute, accuracy, completion and a word-by-word review, with written feedback on what to work on next.
Features
Live word matching
Every word turns green the moment it is recognised, using fuzzy matching that forgives a near-miss but not a different word.
Teleprompter with real controls
Scroll speed from 15 to 160 pixels a second, text from 16 to 40 pixels, and a column width you can actually read at. Saved between visits.
Hover-to-pause dictionary
Hover or tap any word and the run pauses — scroll, timer and microphone together — while you read the definition and hear it pronounced.
Honest scoring
Words per minute from correct words only, accuracy against what was actually judged, and completion tracked separately so a timer running out is not called a mistake.
Nothing leaves your browser
No recording is made, no audio is uploaded, and no account exists to attach a score to. Your last eight attempts live in this browser alone.
Word-by-word review
After every run, the whole script with each word marked correct, misread or skipped — so the feedback points at something you can see.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Speaking Challenge?
It is a read-aloud practice tool. A script scrolls up the screen like a teleprompter, your browser listens as you read, and each word turns green as you say it. When the script ends you get your words per minute, your accuracy, and a word-by-word review of what was matched and what was missed.
Do I need an account?
No. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to install. Your last eight attempts are kept in your own browser so you can see progress, and clearing your browser data removes them.
Is my voice recorded or uploaded?
No recording is made and nothing reaches our servers. Speech recognition is done by your browser's own service, and we only ever see the text it produces, in your browser, for the length of the challenge.
Which browsers work?
Live scoring uses the Web Speech API, which today means Chrome or Edge on desktop and Android. In other browsers the teleprompter, the timer and the dictionary all still work — only the automatic scoring is unavailable, and the page tells you so before you start.
Why did some words not turn green?
Usually speed. If the text scrolls faster than you read, whole phrases go past unspoken. Lower the scroll speed in the settings panel before you start. Recognition also drops the occasional short word — the scoring allows for that, which is why a near-miss still counts as correct.
What do the CEFR levels mean?
They are the standard European levels, A1 to C2. A1 scripts use short present-tense sentences about familiar things; C2 scripts are argued prose with subordinate clauses you have to hold in your head while you speak. Pick the level you can read comfortably, then move up one.
What is a good WPM for speaking?
Between 90 and 150 words a minute sounds natural to a listener. Below 70 tends to sound laboured, and above 190 a listener stops following. The scoring colours your pace on that basis rather than rewarding speed.
How is accuracy calculated?
It is the words matched correctly as a share of the words judged — matched, misread and skipped together. Words you never reached because the timer ran out are not counted against your accuracy; they show up in the completion percentage instead.
Can I look a word up while I am reading?
Yes, and that is the point of the pause. Hover a word on a desktop, or tap it on a phone, and the teleprompter, the timer and the microphone all stop while the definition is on screen. Move away, tap outside, or press Escape and everything resumes exactly where it stopped.
What is Practice Mode?
A challenge with no timer. The clock counts up instead of down, and the run ends when the script does. It is the right choice when you want to work on delivery rather than perform under pressure.
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Speaking Challenge is free to use, with no account and no recordings kept. Your speech is processed by your browser's own recognition service and is never uploaded to us. Scores are saved in this browser only.