Conversation script builder and practice

How to use it

1. On Build, choose a situation, such as ordering food, booking an appointment by phone, asking for a break, or telling someone about your stutter or tics.
2. Choose a style: short and simple, polite and friendly, or direct and clear. Fill in the blanks. Anything still in [ ] needs filling in.
3. Some situations have lines you can tick, such as what helps you. Under Add a line near the start you can add lines that work anywhere, such as asking someone to speak more slowly.
4. Press Practice this script to go through the conversation one line at a time. You can hide your lines and say them from memory, then check.
5. Press Save to My scripts to keep it. On My scripts you can edit every line, add your own, copy, print or read it aloud.

Good to know

• The scripts are templates made of plain words and blanks. Nothing here writes new sentences for you or guesses what you mean. You can change every word.
• The lines marked "They say" are common things people say. Real conversations vary. Practice is about feeling ready, not about guessing every word.
• The tool cannot hear you. Practice mode keeps your place and can read lines aloud with the voice and speed chosen in the Listen controls at the top of the page.
• If you stutter, these scripts are not meant to make your speech fluent. You can stutter while you say them. The point is to know what you want to say. Whether to tell someone you stutter, or have tics, is always your choice.
• The wording about tics follows what the Tourette guide says: tics are not on purpose, people can often hold them back for a while, and holding back takes effort.
• Your saved scripts stay on this device. Copy or print any you want to keep elsewhere.

Read more in the guides

• The stuttering guide
• The Tourette syndrome and tics guide
• The autism guide
• The developmental language disorder guide

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