Find out whether people can actually learn from your presentation

AskSpeech can help:

• Teachers
• Trainers
• Course creators
• Tutorial creators
• Workshop leaders
• Product educators
• Subject-matter experts
• Internal learning teams
• Presenters explaining a process or system

Use the report to examine:

• Is the learning objective clear?
• Are difficult concepts introduced in the right order?
• Does the audience receive enough context?
• Are terms and assumptions explained?
• Do examples improve understanding?
• Is practical guidance organized into a usable process?
• Does repetition reinforce learning or create unnecessary length?
• Can the learner apply the material afterward?

AskSpeech recognizes explanatory teaching, tutorials, non-religious instruction, and educational explainers as a separate category.

The analysis focuses on the learner's experience.

A technical tutorial is not required to resemble a keynote. A beginner lesson is not penalized for avoiding advanced detail. A reflective educational talk does not need to become a numbered checklist.

The presentation is judged according to what it is trying to teach.

The report includes:

Quick Verdict

A concise assessment of the most important teaching strengths and barriers to understanding.

Intended Learners

A description of who the presentation appears designed for and what they are trying to understand or apply.

Key Quotes

Up to six direct quotations highlighting the learning objective, key explanation, useful instruction, major weakness, or important transition.

Strongest Elements

Up to three meaningful strengths explaining what improves comprehension or usefulness.

Most Important Weaknesses

Up to three material weaknesses explaining where the learning experience becomes confusing, incomplete, repetitive, or difficult to apply.

Current Spine

A section-by-section map of the learning sequence as delivered.

It shows:

• What each section teaches
• Why it appears in that position
• Whether it is strong, weak, or drifting
• How it affects the learner
• Whether it prepares for the next step
• What should be changed

Re-Spined

When the material would benefit from a different learning sequence, Re-Spined shows:

• What learners need first
• Where definitions belong
• When examples should appear
• Which sections should be combined
• Where practical application belongs
• What should be shortened or removed
• How the complete explanation could flow more clearly

An educational presentation is graded across seven categories:

• Evidence / Accuracy / Truthfulness
• Clarity
• Structure
• Practicality
• Engagement
• Depth
• Delivery

Evidence / Accuracy / Truthfulness

Evaluates whether explanations, claims, and instructions are responsibly presented and supported within the presentation.

It considers whether the material is internally coherent, appropriately qualified, and unlikely to create a misleading understanding.

It is not an external fact-check of every claim.

Clarity

Evaluates whether the intended learner can understand the explanation.

It considers:

• Definitions
• Terminology
• Assumed knowledge
• Examples
• Instructions
• Conceptual precision
• Cognitive load

Structure

Evaluates whether the learning sequence is properly ordered and developed.

A stronger structure introduces prerequisite information before advanced material and gives every section a clear instructional purpose.

Practicality

Evaluates whether learners can use what they have been taught.

Practicality may include:

• Clear instructions
• A usable framework
• Realistic examples
• A repeatable process
• Concrete next steps
• Guidance for common situations

Engagement

Evaluates whether learners remain mentally connected throughout the presentation.

Engagement can come from relevance, curiosity, examples, questions, variation, clear stakes, and a visible sense of progress.

It is not the same as entertainment.

Depth

Evaluates whether the material is developed sufficiently for the presentation's intended level.

An introductory lesson can earn a strong Depth score when it explains foundational ideas meaningfully and responsibly.

Delivery

Delivery evaluates how effectively the spoken presentation is communicated through the verbal information available in the transcript.

It can consider:

• Verbal signposting
• Spoken transitions
• Repetition
• Listener orientation
• Whether explanations sound natural when spoken
• Whether instructions are easy to follow
• The apparent proportion of spoken sections

Delivery is transcript-based. It does not directly measure voice quality, eye contact, gesture, or physical presentation.

The 1-10 score scale

Scores are displayed out of 10, with decimals when the judgment falls between two levels.

Read the scale this way:

• 1: Not functioning in this category; the transcript gives almost no usable evidence of the quality being measured.
• 2: Severe breakdown; there are fragments of intent, but the category mostly fails.
• 3: Weak; some relevant material is present, but major gaps or confusion dominate.
• 4: Underdeveloped; the category works in places but remains unreliable, thin, or poorly connected.
• 5: Mixed; the speech shows basic competence and clear limitations in about equal measure.
• 6: Adequate; the category generally works, but with noticeable unevenness, missing support, or missed opportunities.
• 7: Solid; the speech is effective in this category with specific areas to strengthen.
• 8: Strong; the category is consistently effective, with refinements needed more than repairs.
• 9: Excellent; the speech handles this category with unusual clarity, development, and control.
• 10: Exceptional; the category is handled with rare precision and effectiveness across the focused transcript.

A 0.0 can appear only when the transcript gives effectively no usable evidence for a category. The scale describes the public score; the report's reasoning explains why that speech landed there.

Overall score

The overall score is a holistic judgment of how well the speech accomplishes its category-specific task across the full focused transcript.

It is informed by the seven category scores and by the severity of the transcript evidence behind them, but it is not calculated by a hidden weighted formula.

Grading sequence

AskSpeech grades the focused transcript before writing the qualitative report. The category scores, reasoning, and overall score are selected from the original speech as delivered, then locked while the report explains them.

Re-Spined is produced only after grading. Its suggested rebuild can help revision, but it does not raise or lower the original scores.

AskSpeech does not grade on a curve or spread scores to match a preferred pattern. Two speeches with the same number can earn it for different reasons, which is why every score is paired with transcript-based reasoning.

AskSpeech does not directly evaluate:

• Slide design
• Charts
• Demonstrations
• On-screen text
• Animation
• Screen recordings
• Vocal tone
• Facial expression
• Physical delivery

It focuses on whether the spoken explanation itself forms a clear and useful learning experience.