FOCUS ON YOUR AUDIENCE
Minutes, not seconds. A clear view of your time.
Drag the hand, tap the dial, or enter 1–60 minutes above.
Ready
Blue: time remaining. Red with a minus sign: overtime.
Keep this page open and your screen awake while speaking.
SIMPLE BY DESIGN
Free access. Easy setup. No ticking seconds or noisy alarms. Here is how this public speaking timer works and when its visual design may help.
If changing seconds distract you, this design gives you a simpler view: a shrinking blue area and a large minute count. It keeps the remaining time visible at a glance, so you can return your attention to your audience. The best timer is the one that fits how you speak.
The dial represents 60 minutes. Blue shows the time left and gradually shrinks towards zero. The scale stays the same for a short speech or a longer presentation, so each mark always represents one minute.
A minute-only display has fewer changing digits to watch. It is designed for a calmer, less distracting experience, not a promise to remove speaking anxiety. The timer still measures elapsed time continuously in the background.
As soon as your time runs out, the display turns red and shows −1 for the first minute over. It shows −2 as you enter the second minute over, then −3, and so on. Negative minutes are rounded up: −2 means you are more than one and up to two minutes over. The red area shows the finer progress.
Yes. Before pressing Start, drag the hand or tap a position on the dial. You can also enter a whole number from 1 to 60 in the minutes box. The top of the dial selects 60 minutes. Once started, use Reset before changing the duration.
Yes. This timer is free to use, with no account, subscription or download required. Open the page, set your minutes and press Start.
You can type your duration in the labelled number field and use the Start, Pause, Resume and Reset buttons with a keyboard. When the dial is focused before starting, arrow keys adjust it by one minute; Home selects 1 and End selects 60. Overtime has a minus sign and a text label as well as a red colour.
Yes. The layout adapts to smaller screens, and the dial supports touch dragging. Keep the page open and your screen awake. A locked screen or background tab may delay visual updates; the display catches up when the page becomes active again.
No. There are no ticking sounds, alarms or flashing alerts. The switch to red and the negative minute count show that you have run over without interrupting your voice.
Yes. Use it for rehearsals, conference talks, classroom activities, workshop segments or meeting contributions. Pause preserves your progress, Resume continues it, and Reset returns to your selected duration. Refreshing or closing the page resets the timer.