Speakflow

Speakflow is a local-first speaking coach for senior engineering leaders. It runs entirely on your machine, helping you practice executive communication without sending audio or transcripts off-device.

flowchart LR
    A[Speaking prompt] --> B[Record locally]
    B --> C[Whisper transcription]
    C --> D[LLM follow-up questions]
    D --> E[Structured feedback]
    E --> F[Local history and trends]

What It Does

• Generates short leadership and strategy speaking exercises
• Records and transcribes practice sessions locally
• Asks probing follow-up questions to stress-test clarity and substance
• Scores delivery against practical coaching dimensions
• Saves session history and trend data on disk for later review
• Keeps speech, transcripts, and feedback local to the machine

Why CTOs Should Care

• Executive communication is a leverage point for technical leaders, especially in board updates, incident reviews, and org-wide alignment.
• The app creates a repeatable practice loop for speaking with clarity under time pressure.
• Local-first design reduces privacy risk for sensitive prompts, transcripts, and coaching notes.
• The feedback loop complements tools like Feedbrief by helping leaders both consume and communicate information well.

External

• Speakflow repository
• Ollama
• whisper.cpp
• Sherpa-ONNX
• Speech recognition on Wikipedia