Lesson 229 · 2 min
Writing a presentation script
Turn your slides into a spoken script with short sentences and a clear opening, then practise it out loud and cut what feels unnatural.
Written text and spoken text are different. A sentence that reads well on a page can be hard to say and hard to follow when heard once.
Give the AI your slide titles and notes, how long you have and who is listening. Ask for a script in spoken style: short sentences, one idea at a time, and a clear opening that tells people why they should care.
Ask it to mark where to pause and where to show the next slide. A good rule of thumb is about 120 to 150 words per minute of speaking, so a five-minute talk needs a script of roughly 600 to 750 words.
Then say it out loud with a timer. Change any phrase you stumble on. By the third run, speak from key points instead of reading.
Do it now
Script your next talk
- 1. Collect your slide titles and notes.
- 2. Run the prompt below.
- 3. Read it out loud with a timer and cut until it fits.
Write a spoken script for a [5]-minute presentation to [AUDIENCE]. Slides: [PASTE TITLES AND NOTES]. Use short sentences, plain words and a strong first 20 seconds that says why this matters to them. Mark [NEXT SLIDE] and [PAUSE]. Aim for about [700] words. Do not add facts I did not give you.
Quick check
Keep going
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- Prompt
- The instruction or question you give an AI. Clearer prompts with context usually get much better answers.
- Text-to-speech
- AI that reads written text aloud in a natural-sounding voice.