Presentation timer

Find out how long your talk runs, how much you need to cut and how many slides it calls for.

At a thesis defence you usually have ten to fifteen minutes. Running over leaves a poor impression, and a talk that is too short looks unprepared. Paste the text you intend to deliver and enter how many minutes you have.

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Read the talk aloud and compare the measured time with the estimate. The stopwatch changes colour once you go over the time you set.

Why this is an estimate Speaking pace differs from person to person, and at the defence it is usually a little faster than in rehearsal. Leave yourself about a minute in reserve and do not plan the talk down to the last second.