Polish your speech
A speech is not an essay read aloud — it is writing for the ear, and the ear is unforgiving. Long sentences that look fine on paper leave you gasping mid-thought; written-formal phrasing makes you sound like you are reading. This polish rewrites your draft the way it needs to sound: spoken, paced, human.
Natural, neutral polish for any draft. One word of input = one word charged, only when the rewrite succeeds.
Written-for-eye vs written-for-ear
Eye-writing loves subordinate clauses and precise vocabulary. Ear-writing needs short sentences, plain words and repetition for emphasis — the techniques of every memorable speech ever given. Most people write the first kind and deliver it as the second, which is why so many speeches feel "off" without anyone knowing why.
AI-drafted speeches compound the problem: they are fluent, balanced and completely unmemorable. The polish breaks the metronome — varying sentence length, cutting ceremony, and letting your actual stories carry the weight.
What changes in a speech polish
Sentences get shorter and breathable, with natural pause points marked by the rhythm itself. Formal connectors ("furthermore", "in conclusion") are replaced with spoken transitions. Your anecdotes move to the front of each section, because stories are what audiences remember and abstractions are what they forget.
Your stories, jokes, names and the point of the speech are locked. The polish will not invent a touching anecdote about your friendship or "improve" your punchline into something generic — those are yours, and they are the whole reason the speech works.
Rehearse after polishing
Read the polished draft aloud, standing up, at full volume. Any sentence you stumble on will trip you at the podium too — mark it and simplify. Time yourself: most people speak 130–150 words per minute, so a 5-minute slot means 650–750 words, not the 1,200 you wrote.
For wedding toasts specifically: keep it under five minutes, say one true thing, and end with the toast itself. The polish can’t supply the courage, but it can make sure the words don’t get in its way.
Questions
Yes. Anecdotes, names and punchlines are preserved exactly — the polish only fixes how the surrounding text sounds when spoken.
It tightens phrasing, which usually cuts 10–20%. For a hard time limit, tell it your target word count and check the timing by reading aloud.
Yes — best-man, maid-of-honour and parent toasts are a common use. Keep your one true story; the polish handles pacing and nerves-proofing the language.
Same principles, different register — use the Business register and keep slides in mind: the speech should complement them, not read them aloud.
The first 1,500 words are free with no sign-up. After that, word packs start at $9.99 for 20,000 words — one-time, and they never expire.