Toastmasters Timer role
Time Table Topics, prepared speeches, and evaluations with signals visible from across the room.
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Overview
A free online speech timer for Toastmasters meetings and presentations.
Choose a timing preset or set your own green, yellow, and red times. Use the full-screen signals on one device or open a separate display for the room. Each speaker’s time is added to the meeting report.
What it includes
Timing signals, speaker log, and report in one place.
The timer keeps the timing signals, speaker names, speech ranges, notes, and final times together. When the meeting ends, the report is ready to read or share.
- Full-screen green, yellow, and red timing lights
- Toastmasters-style presets for Table Topics, evaluations, speeches, and Ice Breakers
- Projector or second-screen display for the room
- Speaker log showing whether each speaker was under, within, or over time
- Timer report you can share or copy into notes
- Runs on any phone, tablet, or laptop with nothing to install
2 of 3 speakers finished within time
Longest overrun: Owen (11 seconds)
3
Speakers
11:16
Total time
Speakers
Thursday club meetingMaya
Table Topics (1-2 min)
1:43
on time
Priya
Speech (5-7 min)
6:22
on time
Owen
Evaluator
Evaluation (2-3 min)
3:11
over by 0:11
Use cases
Where to use the speech timer.
Classes and speaking clubs
Time each speaker and keep the names, speech ranges, and final times in one report.
Pitches and presentations
Use custom green, yellow, and red thresholds for demo days, sales meetings, investor updates, and practice runs.
Comparison
Speech timer compared with a standard stopwatch
| Standard approach | With speaking.app |
|---|---|
| A standard phone stopwatch shows the elapsed time on one screen. | The full screen shows the timing color, with an optional second display for the room. |
| Speaker names and times are recorded separately. | Speakers, roles, speech ranges, and times are kept in one editable report. |
| Colored cards or lights are changed manually. | The screen changes color at the thresholds you choose. |
| The final report is prepared separately. | Copy or share the timer report as soon as the last speaker is done. |
Speech Timer FAQ
What is the best free speech timer for Toastmasters?
The best option depends on how your club runs meetings. speaking.app is free and includes green, yellow, and red signals, Toastmasters-style presets, a second-screen display, a speaker log, and a shareable Timer report. You can use it without an account.
Does the timer work in other languages?
Yes. The timer, its display, and the meeting report work in English, Spanish, German, French, and Portuguese. Switch language inside the tool.
Is this a free speech timer?
Yes. The speech timer is free to use in your browser, with no account needed for live timing.
Can I use it as a Toastmasters timer?
Yes. It includes Toastmasters-style green, yellow, and red timing lights and presets for Table Topics, evaluations, Ice Breakers, prepared speeches, and longer speeches.
Does it work for a projector or second screen?
Yes. The timer includes a display window so the room can see the timing lights while the Timer keeps the speaker log.
Can I use custom speech times?
Yes. You can set custom green, yellow, and red times down to the second and save the range for future meetings.
Does the speech timer work on iPhone and Android?
Yes. It runs in any modern mobile browser, so it works on iPhone and iPad in Safari and on Android phones and tablets in Chrome. There is nothing to download or install.
Can I run it on a laptop, desktop, or projector?
Yes. The same timer runs in the browser on Mac, Windows, and Chromebook. Many timekeepers drive it from a laptop and put the full-screen green, yellow, and red lights on a projector or second screen so the whole room can see them.
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