Presentation Section Pacer
Enter your talk's sections with planned minutes, then advance them yourself as you present while a live bar and delta chip show whether you're running ahead of or behind your plan.
Built by the AbraCalc team
How to play
- List each section of your talk on its own row with a name and planned minutes, like "Demo" and 10 minutes, then tap Start Presenting.
- Watch the stacked bar fill in proportion to each section's planned share of the whole talk, with the current section pulsing.
- Tap Next Section yourself the moment you actually move on — the pacer never advances automatically, since only you know when a section is really done.
- Read the ahead/behind delta chip at a glance: it compares your plan's schedule against the real clock and reports the gap in minutes so you can adjust pace mid-talk.
List the sections of your talk or demo with a planned length in minutes for each, then tap Start Presenting. A stacked bar shows every section sized to its planned share of the whole talk, with the current one pulsing so you always know where you are. As you actually present, tap Next Section yourself whenever you finish a part — the tool never guesses or auto-advances for you. A delta chip compares where the plan says you should be against how much real time has actually passed, reporting a clear number of minutes ahead or behind so you can speed up, slow down, or cut a section on the fly. A soft chime marks each section handoff so you can glance at the screen instead of staring at it.
Frequently asked questions
- How is this different from the Lesson Pacing Bar tool?
- Lesson Pacing Bar automatically decides which segment is active purely from elapsed clock time, with no manual control. This pacer is speaker-advanced — you tap Next Section yourself whenever you finish a part — and it adds an explicit ahead/behind delta comparing your plan's schedule to the real clock, which Lesson Pacing Bar does not show.
- What does the ahead/behind delta actually measure?
- It's the planned elapsed time at the start of your current section minus how much real time has actually passed. A positive number means you're ahead of schedule; a negative number means you're behind, updating live as the clock runs.
- Does advancing to the next section reset my timer or fast-forward it?
- No — advancing only changes which section is marked current. Your real elapsed time keeps running exactly as it was, so advancing early or late immediately and accurately recomputes whether you're ahead or behind.