Hey there 👋🐱, Today I am launching Tempo, a super simple MacOS app that gently pings you when you are talking too fast during presentations. story time 👇 I lived it myself, presenting to Craig Federighi one of my features during my time at Apple and after the presentation one of my manager's feedback was that I was going a little too fast. I see it when my wife presents her work, often in times there are bursts of speeches that make the presentation difficult to absorb. And I see it often when my colleagues present their work on a weekly basis. Post presenting feedback is great but it doesn't really prevent this from happening next time you present your work. And of course practice helps a tons but even better, practice while it's happening: get notified in real time when you are speeding a little during your presentation and just adjust your tempo. end of story time ☝️ Feature lists. While Tempo is super simple to use, it's packed with features: 1️⃣ Personalized notifications: you can choose to be notified either via sound, notification, or both, and adjust the sound if you want to 2️⃣ Burst Detection & Overall Flow: whether you tend to speed up for a short period of time or your overall flow is too fast, with not enough breaks or emphasis on the right words, we have your back. Tempo detects both of the issues and send different notifications for each, for you to adjust accordingly. 3️⃣ Speech Profiles: some tends to talk slow and some tends to talk naturally fast. in Tempo you can choose your speech profile and we adjust the algorithm to take that into account. If you generally tend to speak slow Tempo will be a little more rigid and warns you sooner, but if you are a fast speaker the algorithm will be a little more relaxed. Tempo adjusts to you. 4️⃣ Multi language support: Tempo supports over 30 languages and 60 locales 5️⃣ Multi platform: whether you use Zoom, Slack, or Google meet, or any other video conference software, Tempo just works out of the box. Tempo is free to try, so let me know what you think! Cheers

I guess this is the counter culture to 2.5x faster YouTube videos. Is there any science that slower is better?

Hey Luca! It's so interesting cause everybody tend to look for more and more speed but it's also true that it can be counterproductive at the end. Hope all the makers here can find it out as useful at it is. All the best!

This is brilliant. Great to see it getting upvotes and attention! I wondered while I scrolled the landing page if there could be a demo of you speaking fast and slow in a screen recording (sort of like this, but a video? https://shot.screenden.com/v5pjdxWr) and seeing how it works in real time when I landed on the page. Love this, congrats on your launch!

This is an amazing idea. I love the solution. Good job guys!

Great product, Luca! I'll try it in my next presentation It would be interesting to see statistics if Tempo helps people to present slowly long-term

I know many MANY people who could get a lot of use out of this product. I'm definitely about to start sending this one around! Great work, very cool product 👏👏👏

Interesting tool for Professionals. 🚀 Congs on the launch 🎊

Really thoughtful idea! @luca_lupo2 Congratulations on the launch!

What a wonderful concept and product! And I'm particularly excited about the upcoming features such as post-presentation analysis and filler word detection. I think, using these tools has the potential to elevate my speaking skills, boost confidence, and enhance the clarity of my messages. Can't wait to try it!

Love love love it! ❤️🐢 I will certainly use Tempo as I often speak too fast in presentations. Congrats for the launch.

Congrats on the launch! I'm curious about how Tempo adapts its notifications for users speaking in different languages, considering the variations in speech patterns and pacing across languages. How does Tempo ensure accurate and effective feedback regardless of the language being spoken?

Such a great example of a product which solved your itch! Congrats on your launch! I'm curious what models you use to predict that

What a great product. Can't wait to try it out

I really like Tempo because it focuses on solving one specific problem. It's truly a small toll that can help us improve our public speaking skills. Can't wait to try it!

Great idea. Good luck to you today!

I think I need this. Nice job guys!

Amazing idea! It's really a problem-solving app! I'm trying to use the app, and I have some questions. - Do you send anything to a server, or is everything processed on my computer? - Do you use any LLM to check if I'm talking and how many words I'm saying per minute? - What is the criterion for dispatching the first alert? I spoke for 2 or 3 minutes as fast as I could, but I didn't receive any alert, although the icon changed to orange sometimes. And again, great job I will continue using your app.

This is a great idea -- this a problem many deal with but I had never thought to solve with software. Will definitely check this out.

Were you rushing or were you dragging?)))