Say who you are, whose graduation it is and a few real moments from your years there, and Hemmingway writes the graduation speech. It opens with one of those moments, thanks the people who should be thanked, makes one point and ends looking ahead.
It only knows what you tell it. It cannot recall your school, your teachers or the month the heating broke, so it does not pretend to.
What makes it work
Graduation speeches blur together because they are built from the same advice. The ones people remember are about a particular place and year.
- Use moments only your class would know. The exam in coats, the teacher who let you retake a practical. Nobody at another school could give this speech.
- Say "we". A student speaker talks for the whole year, not about their own plans.
- Make one point. Ten pieces of advice are forgotten by the car park. One, said plainly, might last.
An example
Asked for a speech by a student speaking for their class at Ridgeway High, with the moment that the heating failed for the whole of January and the class sat exams in coats, and the message that the class was at its best when something went wrong, an opening along these lines is what to expect. It is the first minute, not the full speech.
In January the heating failed. It stayed failed for the whole month.
We sat our exams in coats.
Nobody mentions that when they talk about the best years of your life.
But I think that month says more about this class than any prize does.
We were at our best when something went wrong.
Who is giving it
Say in the first field if you are a student, a teacher or head, or a parent speaking at the party afterwards. A teacher's moments are about the class. A parent's are about one graduate, and that speech is nearer to a toast. For a few lines in a card, there is a graduation message generator.
Common questions
Is the graduation speech generator free?
Yes. Hemmingway has a free trial with no card needed, and this tool opens it with your answers filled in. You sign up once, and the speech is written in the chat.
How long should a graduation speech be?
Three to five minutes for a student speaker. Schools often set a limit, so ask, put it in the form, and time yourself reading the draft aloud.
How do you start a graduation speech?
With something that happened, not with a greeting to every group in the hall or a dictionary definition. How to write a speech has more on openings.
Can a parent use it for a graduation party?
Yes. Say you are the graduate's parent, give two or three moments from their school or university years, and ask for two minutes. If a few sentences and a raised glass are all you need, use the toast generator.
Will it sound like AI?
It is built not to. Hemmingway-1, the model behind it, came first on sounding like a person in our own blind test, Human-Likeness. It still helps to read it aloud and change any word you would not use.