Question 1

What is Gestoa?

Accepted Answer

Gestoa is a browser-based AI public speaking coach. It scores 25 metrics across 6 skills — built on the UCCS Eight Competencies of Public Speaking, the NSA Professional Speaker Competency Model and Toastmasters Pathways.

Yoodli, Orai, Speeko, VirtualSpeech, Gravitas Voice and Microsoft Speaker Coach hand you feedback on how a session went. Gestoa gives you a comprehensive numerical map of your speaking you advance along only when the numbers hold for 3 consecutive sessions — they don't.

An hour with a human coach buys 1 run at your talk. A €90 pack buys 15, every one measured the same way.

Question 2

How does Gestoa work?

Accepted Answer

You give a 3-minute baseline speech in your browser, and Gestoa scores all 6 skill areas instantly — your WPM, filler-word rate, eye-contact percentage, structural clarity, story arc, and composure under pressure — on a live radar chart. From there it assigns targeted drills with a numeric pass threshold, gives real-time cues like "Slow down" or "Look at camera" while you speak, and delivers a post-session report with your next drill. No coach schedules a call; the practice loop runs whenever you do.

Question 3

What does Gestoa's AI actually measure?

Accepted Answer

Gestoa measures concrete, numeric signals in every skill area: words per minute (target 130–175) and filler words per minute in Voice Delivery; eye-contact percentage, posture, and gesture frequency in Body Presence; thesis extractability and signposting in Structure & Clarity; S.O.A.R. story-arc completeness and concrete-to-abstract ratio in Storytelling; the You/We-vs-I ratio and rhetorical-question frequency in Audience Connection; and your WPM delta under pressure plus blank-moment recovery speed in Confidence & Composure. Feedback is anchored to what you said — "as you moved into your conclusion, your filler rate spiked" — never to a raw timestamp.

Question 4

Do I need a human coach or any special equipment?

Accepted Answer

No. Gestoa runs entirely in your browser and needs only a webcam and microphone — no download, no VR headset, no app install. It gives you the structured, numerical feedback a human coach would, without the $300/hour or the scheduling, and it's available whenever you want to practise — including at midnight before a morning pitch.

Question 5

Is my video or audio recorded or stored?

Accepted Answer

No. Camera input is processed on your device with MediaPipe, so no video ever leaves your browser — only numbers like gaze percentage and posture score. Your audio is transcribed in real time and the recording is never retained. Gestoa's database stores only metrics, level histories, and text feedback, aligning with GDPR Article 9 (biometric data) and Article 25 (data protection by design). No recordings, no risk — only your numbers.

Question 6

How much does Gestoa cost, and is the first session really free?

Accepted Answer

Gestoa uses session packs — no subscription. You buy a bundle and use the sessions whenever you want: 5 sessions for €34, 10 for €60, or 15 for €90, with the larger packs bringing the per-session price down. Each session runs up to 20 minutes — you deliver an 8–10 minute speech, get detailed feedback, review it, then deliver it again for a second read. Your first session is free, with no card required, so you see a real measured report before you buy a pack. Education & NGO and Enterprise plans are quoted on request.

Question 7

How is Gestoa different from Yoodli, Orai, and other AI speaking tools?

Accepted Answer

Most of these tools do the same core thing Gestoa does: Yoodli, Orai, Speeko and Microsoft Speaker Coach all measure your pace and filler words, and several read body language too. So the feedback itself isn't where Gestoa stands apart — two things are. First, breadth: it scores 25 metrics across 6 skills — not just filler count and words per minute, but whether your main point is findable in the first 20 seconds, whether your story arc closes, and how fast you recover when someone challenges you — built on the UCCS Eight Competencies of Public Speaking, the NSA Professional Speaker Competency Model and Toastmasters Pathways. Second, and this is the real one: everywhere else the numbers are a score you read and then decide for yourself whether you improved. In Gestoa the numbers are the gate — a skill advances only when its thresholds hold for 3 consecutive sessions, with no mentor sign-off and no guessing. Gestoa also coaches a full 8–10 minute talk, can interrupt you mid-speech with a spoken question pitched at your level and score how your composure held, and anchors every note to what you said — "as you moved into your conclusion" — never to a timestamp.

Question 8

How does Gestoa compare to Microsoft Speaker Coach?

Accepted Answer

Speaker Coach is free, built into PowerPoint and Teams, and genuinely good at what it does: live nudges on pace, pitch, filler words and whether you are reading your slides, plus some body-language feedback in PowerPoint for the web. If that is all you need, use it. 2 things it does not do. Its rehearsal report disappears when you close it — Microsoft's own guidance for educators tells students to screenshot it — so there is no record, no trend, and no way to prove you improved. And its rehearsal mode is built around a slideshow, so it cannot coach a talk with no deck or ask you a hostile question. Gestoa keeps every session, gates each level on measured thresholds held across 3 consecutive sessions, and interrupts you mid-speech to test composure. Speaker Coach also matches Gestoa on one point worth saying plainly: neither keeps your video.

Question 9

How is Gestoa different from hiring a human speaking coach?

Accepted Answer

A coach beats Gestoa on the things that need judgement: whether your argument is any good, how to read a specific room, and the work behind real stage fear. Gestoa wins on repetition and measurement. An hour with a coach costs €100–200 and buys one run at your talk; a €90 pack buys 15 measured sessions you can run at 11pm the night before. A coach says "that was better" — a real judgement, but one that drifts between sessions. Gestoa applies the same instrument every time, so it can tell you your filler rate went from 8.2 to 3.1 per minute and your eye contact from 34% to 58%, which is what makes a level-up mean something. And because there is nobody in the room, most people practise the honest version of their talk instead of the safe one. Many coaches use tools like Gestoa for the reps between sessions rather than instead of them.

Question 10

Can I upload my slides?

Accepted Answer

No, and that will not change. Gestoa scores how you deliver — voice, body presence, structure, storytelling, audience connection and composure — and never opens your deck or comments on its design. Practise the talk you would give with the deck behind you. If you want the deck itself reviewed, that is a different tool, and Microsoft Speaker Coach or a dedicated pitch-deck reviewer will do it better than we would.

Question 11

Who is Gestoa for?

Accepted Answer

Gestoa is for professionals whose everyday work runs on how they come across — the team meetings, project updates, and client calls where you have to make a point and keep the room with you. It fits people early in their careers who want to be taken seriously among senior colleagues, and experienced professionals who want more weight behind what they say. A job interview counts too, and founders use it to sharpen an investor pitch. Whatever the setting, everyone trains the same 6 skill areas, with scenarios drawn from the situations you actually face week to week.

Question 12

How does leveling up work, and how fast will I improve?

Accepted Answer

Advancement is metric-based, not judged by a mentor. You move up a level when you hit that level's thresholds consistently across 3–5 sessions — for example, filler words below 2/minute in 3 consecutive sessions to reach L3 in Voice Delivery. Most users practise 5–10 minutes a day and see measurable movement on their radar chart within 2–4 weeks. Every level-up is backed by a number you can point to.

Question 13

Can I practise for something specific coming up — a meeting, a presentation, or an interview?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Instead of generic exercises, you rehearse the situations you actually walk into: presenting a project update to your team, making your case on a client call, holding your point when a senior colleague pushes back, or answering a behavioural interview question scored on STAR structure. Gestoa injects realistic pressure — an unexpected challenge mid-flow — and scores the full picture of how you come across: whether your point is clear in the first 20 seconds, how you sound (pace, filler-word rate, vocal energy), how you carry yourself (posture, gestures, eye contact), and whether you keep your composure when you're interrupted. Then it tells you the exact drill to run next.

AI coach that helps you speak better

Practice that measures. Progress that proves.

Baseline in 3 minutes

Targeted drills, not vague tips

Level up with evidence

What exactly does it measure?

Four levels. Every threshold is a number.

Foundation

Control

Expression

Mastery

Built for the moments that matter to you

How Gestoa compares

No recordings. Only your numbers.

Start free. Pay by the pack when you're ready.

Frequently asked questions

	Gestoa	Speaker Coach	Yoodli	Orai	Speeko	ChatGPT / Gemini voice
Levels gated on 25 measured metrics, not on how it felt	Yes	No	Trends only	Fixed 4 weeks	Streaks	No
Live interruptions mid-speech	Yes	No	Roleplay only	No	Roleplay only	No
Body language measured	Yes	Web, seated	Cloud video	No	No	No
Your sessions are never used to train AI	Yes	Yes	Paid tiers	Not published	Not published	Varies
Runs in a browser — nothing to install	Yes	Needs Office	Yes	Yes	iOS / Mac	Yes
Reviews your slide deck	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes