Write a speech or toast with Speech Studio

Speech Studio helps you write the words for the moment — a heartfelt speech, a toast, a warm welcome, or a few thank-you remarks. Pick who's speaking, answer a couple of quick questions, and you get a polished draft to edit, rehearse, and take to the podium. You'll find it in your event's planning tools, and it's built for your phone so you can practice anywhere.

Choosing a type of speech

Speech Studio starts with the kind of speech you're giving and shapes everything — the length, the structure, the tone — to fit it. Choose from:

• Best man and maid of honor toasts
• Father of the bride and mother of the bride speeches
• A birthday toast or an anniversary tribute
• A welcome to open a gathering, or a vote of thanks to close one
• Graduation and retirement speeches
• A host's opening or closing remarks to run the evening
• A remembrance tribute for a memorial, handled with extra care

The roles that fit your event come first — Birthday Toast at a birthday, the wedding party at a wedding — next to the ones that suit any gathering (a welcome, a vote of thanks, a host's opening, closing remarks). Every other role is one tap away under More roles. Each type comes with a suggested length — a best man's speech naturally runs longer than a quick welcome — which you can change in a tap.

Three questions, then your draft

Writing a speech takes three quick questions, one at a time so it stays easy on a phone:

1. Who's speaking? Pick your speech type and add the speaker's name. The guest of honor is filled in from your event, so there's usually nothing to type.
2. Make it yours. Add your relationship to them and a short story or two — the small, specific moments only you could tell. This is what lifts a speech from generic to unmistakably yours.
3. How should it sound? Choose a tone — heartfelt, funny, formal, or inspiring — set how long it should run, and pick the language. A live estimate shows the word count and speaking time as you adjust.

Then your speech settles onto the page as a finished letter, ready to read aloud, edit, and rehearse.

Setting the tone and length

Length is set in minutes, from one short-and-sweet minute up to six. Because most people speak at around 130 words a minute, Speech Studio turns the minutes you choose into a target word count — pick four minutes and it aims for roughly 520 words. Every draft shows its word count and an estimated speaking time ("~4 min at a natural pace"), and if a draft runs long for the time you asked for, the letter says so. It also says when a draft comes in well short: the writer only uses what your notes give it and never makes up stories to fill time, so thin notes make a shorter speech. Add a story or two and write again, or tap Add a line about…. Tone is a tap away — heartfelt, funny, formal, or inspiring — with a humor dial for how many laughs you want.

Your stories, kept true

Speech Studio writes only from what you give it — your stories, the qualities you pick, and your event's details. Names are kept exactly as you type them, in any script. It won't make up names, places, or memories; if you share only a little, the speech stays warmer and more general rather than inventing details. Read your draft through all the same — it's your voice on the day. To help, the letter lists any name, place, or number it can't find in what you gave it under Check these before you read it aloud — tap one to jump to it in the speech. Words you type into the letter yourself are never listed.

Writing in another language

Giving your speech in another language? Choose it before you generate and the entire speech is written in that language from the start — composed in it, not translated afterward. English (US) is the default, with the major world languages available.

Saved speeches

Every speech you generate is saved automatically. My speeches in the studio lists all your drafts — newest first, with the type, version, word count, and speaking time — so you can reopen any of them with a tap, or delete the ones you're done with. The studio keeps your 12 most recent drafts per speech type.

More than one take

Not quite right? Tap Try another take for a fresh version built from the same details, or ask for a specific change: Shorter, Funnier, More heartfelt, More formal, or Add a line about… with a few words on what to add. Each one is saved as its own version — v1, v2, v3, and on — so the letter you had is never overwritten and you can go back to it whenever you like.

You can also edit any draft directly on the page, keeping the lines you love and rewording the rest. Edits save on their own as you type, and the letter tells you when they're saved. If the same speech was changed in another tab or on another device, you choose which version to keep — nothing is overwritten silently. Type [pause] wherever you want to stop for a breath; Practice shows it as a mark, not a word to say.

Free speeches and the unlimited unlock

Every event includes 3 free speeches. Each new draft counts toward the three — including drafts you later delete, every "Try another take," and every rewrite. Editing a speech yourself never counts, and a try that fails isn't counted either. When you've used them, the event owner can unlock unlimited speeches for that event for a one-time $9.99 — no subscription, and every draft you already wrote stays yours either way. The counter and the unlock live under Credits in the studio.

Sharing a speech

Tap Share on any speech to get a private link and a QR code. Anyone who scans it sees just the speech and the teleprompter — perfect for handing the best man his toast, or letting a nervous speaker rehearse from their own phone. No account needed, nothing else is visible, and you can turn the link off any time from the same Share panel — the page disappears the moment you do.

Rehearsing with Practice mode

When the day draws near, open Practice mode for a full-screen teleprompter built for phones as much as laptops:

• A short countdown, then your words glide past a reading line at a steady pace — 130 words a minute to start — that you can speed up or slow down while it runs.
• Tap anywhere to pause or resume, and drag the words to find your place.
• Make the text as big as you need for reading at a distance, and move the reading line higher or lower.
• A clock shows how long you've been speaking and how much is left at your current speed.
• Mirror the text for a glass teleprompter rig.
• On a computer, the keyboard works too: Space pauses, the arrow keys scroll and change the speed, and most Bluetooth page turners (Page Up / Page Down) move you through the speech.
• Your choices are remembered on that device for next time.

Where the phone or browser supports it, the screen stays awake while you rehearse; if it can't, Practice tells you, so you can turn off auto-lock for a few minutes.

Saving a speech PDF

Want it on paper for the day? Download your speech as a clean, printed PDF — a large, easy-to-read serif page for the lectern, with your word count and speaking time noted at the foot. It's saved to your Downloads tab alongside the rest of your event's printables, ready to print as cue cards or tuck in a pocket.

Shaping the draft more closely

For a more specific draft, add how long you've known the person, who's in the room, and things to mention or avoid. These details help Speech Studio shape the same speech around your audience and the stories you want to tell. Add only what matters to this moment.

Writing with a co-host

Co-hosts you've added to your event can open Speech Studio too, so a couple or a planning duo can draft and polish side by side. Everyone with access shares the same drafts and versions. See Adding co-hosts.

A dignified tribute for memorials

When your event is a memorial or a service of remembrance, Speech Studio recognizes the occasion and settles into a tribute: the speech type is set to a remembrance tribute, the humor controls step aside, and every draft stays warm, calm, and respectful throughout. It's there to help you find gentle, dignified words to honor someone.

Your details stay private

The stories and details you add are used only to write your speech — nothing more. They stay private to your event, and they never feed InviteBird's help assistant or anything your guests can see. A good anecdote is a small, warm story; there's no need to include contact information or anything sensitive.

Common questions

Will it sound like me? It will if you feed it your stories. The anecdotes and relationship you add are what make a speech personal — and you can edit every line, or tap Try another take for a different version, until it sounds right.

How long should my speech be? Set the length in minutes and Speech Studio aims for about 130 words a minute — a natural speaking pace. Every draft shows its estimated speaking time, so you can match it to your slot.

Can I write my speech in another language? Yes. Pick your language before you generate and the whole speech is written in it from the start, not translated after the fact.

Are my anecdotes private? Yes. The details you add are used only to write your speech, stay private to your event, and never reach your guests or InviteBird's help assistant.

Can I practice before the day? Yes. Practice mode gives you a full-screen teleprompter with steady auto-scroll, adjustable text size and speed, a reading line, a mirror mode, and a clock showing the time spoken and the time left.

My draft is too long — what now? Tap Shorter on the letter. It writes a tighter version as a new take and keeps the one you had.

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