For you · Professionals

Meetings, calls, interviews. And the cost of holding it together.

Calm Speech is a companion for working adults who stutter and stammer — for preparing before the high-stakes moments, rehearsing them out loud with Aiden, and thinking clearly afterwards.

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The work nobody sees

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Round-the-table introductions. The call you rehearse in the stairwell. Choosing the second-best word because the best one starts with a hard sound. The interview where you’re assessed on the exact thing you’re managing in real time.

Then there’s masking: the constant low-level effort of sounding effortless. It is invisible on any performance review, and it is one of the most tiring parts of working while stuttering. Calm Speech is built to take that seriously rather than to optimise it away.

High-stakes speaking with no warm-up
Calls and video meetings you plan around
Deciding whether, and how, to disclose
The energy cost of masking all day

How Calm Speech helps at work

Prepare for the moment

Add the meeting, call, interview or presentation, and get a three-step warm-up matched to it: paced breathing, slow reading, easy-onset sounds. On Premium, a small prep plan you can swap step by step.

Reflect after

Speak or write what actually happened while it’s fresh. Private and never scored — and on Premium, Aiden reflects it back with one gentle question.

Disclosure on your terms

Prompts and guides to help you think it through. We signpost the options; we don’t tell you to tell anyone.

Rehearse it first

Practise the call, the stand-up update or the interview question out loud. Aiden plays the other person — patient by default, tougher only if you ask.

Questions

Will it help with job interviews?

It gives you somewhere to prepare calmly: add the interview, warm up with a breath plan made for it, and rehearse the questions out loud with Aiden playing the interviewer. Afterwards, the journal is there to debrief. It won’t coach you to sound fluent, because that isn’t what we do.

What about presentations?

Same shape: add it as an upcoming event for a matched warm-up, rehearse your opening out loud, and try Live DAF beforehand if slowing down helps you. Nothing measures the presentation itself.

Should I disclose at work?

That’s yours to decide. There are good reasons on both sides, and they depend on your workplace. We lay out the considerations rather than prescribe an answer.

Is anything shared with an employer?

No. Nothing in Calm Speech is visible to anyone but you.

KEEP READING

Stuttering at work: meetings, calls and confidence

Our cornerstone guide for working adults.

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Telling people you stutter

A gentle guide to self-disclosure.

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For adults who stutter

The full flagship page.

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For the working week, not the clinic.

Download it before your next big meeting. Free Forever to start; Premium is USD 10USD 4 a month.