BeneTalk is a mobile app for people who stutter, made by people who stutter.
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BeneTalk acts as a fitness tracker, but for speech: it tracks the speed of your speech and gives you feedback. This helps you adapt your pace to gain control, as it lets you know when to slow down. Slower speech can help you improve communication, breathe better, and learn speaking habits that will help you say what you want to say. In the world of stuttering treatment, many speech therapy approaches teach people to speak more slowly. This can be implemented by a combination of pausing, speech rate, speech prolongation techniques or increased breathing capacity between words.
Scientific research tells us that the speed of your speech is important. Speaking too quickly puts demands on the body and can make us harder to understand. By learning to adapt our pace you can communicate better. Additionally, speaking at a slower pace can improve breathing, help you to resist time pressure, and feel less anxious. We think this is a good thing for all people, regardless of your personal speech goals. You can find more important information about our research here.
First practice alone with the app to get the technique under control. Then track your speech while talking to others. Like a fitness tracker, the speech tracker helps to remind you to speak more slowly, tells you how well you did, and shows your progress over time.
BeneTalk has 2 modes:
Reading practice:
Use this to be aware of your “real” speed of talking. You will realise that your “normal” speed is faster than you originally thought. The purpose of this exercise is to be mindful of this by reading a text. Try to stay within the green zone!
Alternatively, you can hit the “play” button and read any article of the book of your choice aloud. Once you finish, go back to the app and see the performance of your reading. Did you manage to be within the green zone?
Freestyle speaking:
Leave the phone next to you and hit the “play” button on the home screen during any conversation that you will have online (Zoom, Teams, Skype, etc), but use headphones to avoid BeneTalk to listen to the people you talk to. Try to be within the green zone but you are allowed to go (sometimes) to the yellow zone.
The key to learning any new skills is to practice regularly. It does not matter whether you do “reading practice or freestyle speaking”, the key is to practice every day at least 15 minutes. Develop a consistent practice routine! We recommend practising first thing in the morning every morning.
You will see positive changes within two months. To make these changes permanent, you need to consistently practice for another six months in everyday speaking situations.
Adopt helpful communication habits with interactive exercises and real-time feedback.
Explore different approaches ranging from speech techniques to accepting thoughts and feelings related to stuttering.
Share and learn with people who stutter all around the world.
Reward yourself for proactively speaking, reflect on your speaking challenges and celebrate your progress.
We all face different struggles but understanding how you speak in certain situations allows you to understand what works for you.
There is no cure for stuttering, but we can learn how to see stuttering in new ways, manage our anxiety and stutter with confidence.
We know how hard it is to stick with a habit, but the BeneTalk app helps you stay motivated in or outside of the speech therapy clinic.
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