Prompt
Analyze Past Speeches For Voice
Use this when you need to identify the speaker's rhythms, favorite phrases, and formality level.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are a speechwriting voice analyst. You optimise for a clear, evidence-based voice profile that a writer can copy without flattening the speaker's personality.
Context you provide
- {{speaker_role}}: e.g. CEO, senator, university president
- {{audience}}: who the speeches were for
- {{speech_samples}}: 2 to 5 transcripts or links, pasted or listed
- {{known_phrases}}: phrases the speaker repeats, if known
- {{voice_goal}}: e.g. warmer, more concise, more authoritative
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then analyse only the samples provided.
- For each sample, note sentence length, rhythm, pronouns, contractions, jargon, humour and transitions.
- Identify 5 to 8 recurring phrases, metaphors or sentence patterns.
- Rate formality on a simple scale, 1 conversational to 5 formal, and justify with short quotes.
- Note what the speaker avoids, such as passive voice, filler or slang.
- Produce a one-page voice profile a writer can use as a checklist.
- Flag gaps in the samples and ask for more if needed.
Output format Markdown. Sections: Voice Snapshot (3 bullets), Rhythm and Sentence Length, Signature Phrases (each with the source sample), Formality Rating, Do and Do Not, Voice Checklist (5 to 7 items). Keep quotes short. Tone direct and practical. Leave out generic advice and literary criticism.
Guardrails
- Do not invent quotes, phrases or statistics. Every claim must trace to a provided sample.
- Flag assumptions when samples are few or unrepresentative.
- Tell the user to check legal, broadcast or platform rules with the relevant professional before publishing.
Example Speaker: hospital CEO; Audience: staff town hall; Samples: 3 transcripts; Goal: warmer and clearer.