Stage Fright: The Way Down -By Kayode Esther Omowunmi

Have you ever imagine yourself walking to a stage to deliver a speech and then your body turns cold and your vision turns black just with the thought of it, it is a sign that your fear of public speaking is all set to ruin opportunities for you. So now is time to start working on your fear, because in times of cut-throat competition you cannot afford to lose your limited opportunities to a phobia called stage fright. What if I tell you that you can overcome this fear just by using your phone. In today’s progressive world some apps have been designed to help you overcome your fear of public speaking and out all these apps five are uniquely use according to research which are promptsmart pro, orai, vocabulary builder,word of the day and speakometer.

For a public speaker to carry papers and prompters with one to the stage could be quite embarrassing. You might jumble them or even lose them at the last moment. Well, PromptSmart Pro is a app that allows you to make notes, write scripts, and even create presentations based on the speech you wish to deliver. It substitutes a teleprompter very well, and the best part about it is that you can easily record each of your practice sessions and compare it. Also, it uses advanced voice recognition technology and its unlockable cloud-based feature allows it to manage documents well. It allows public speaker to create presentations and can also convert the notes to PDF for storage or sharing.

Also, Orai is the best apps that can help you brush up your public speaking skills. It helps you identify what aspects you need to work on. It can help you work on such things as conciseness, filler words, energy, pace, pausing, confidence, and facial expressions.When a public speaker talks about them lacking in vocabulary when writing their speech is surprising but now there is an amazing app that can help solve that problem and this app is called vocabulary builder. We must not forget that vocabulary is one of the most important factors that could make or break your confidence about speaking in public. If you do not know which word best conveys what you are thinking, you could end up uttering by using unnecessary fillers. Also, for a good and impressive speech you must use word that can catch your audience mind so vocabulary builder can help you find solution to that problem.

Furthermore, word of the day is also one of the apps that suggests to you some words each day with their definitions and pronunciations. It also helps you reinforce your vocabulary through quizzes and competitions. This will help you keep adding words to your vocabulary which will provide the choice of words available to you when you need to write a speech. Speakometer is the last of them. A well-written piece of content may not be effective if you do not pronounce the words in it correctly. Speakometer help suggests appropriate words to you but if you find it hard to pronounce words in your speech, the app will teach you how to pronounce them correctly. So as a public speaker you should get ready to use the apps to overcome you stage fright never forget stage fright cannot be eliminated but it can only be manage if you improve on yourself.

Lastly, speaking publicly is a fear that holds back a lot of people so now several apps are available that can help you overcome your fear of public speaking. some of the apps helps in creating short notes, writing speeches, and making presentations. Some assess and analyze your speech based on factors like conciseness, filler words, energy, pace, pausing, confidence, and facial expressions. While others helps one improve one vocabulary, improve one pronunciation. Once you make up your mind to fight fear, you are already halfway there. Fight and win over your fear through these apps .