filler words in video calls is a challenge many professionals face without realizing it. The camera adds pressure, technical interruptions break your flow, and without real-time feedback, you repeat the same habits meeting after meeting.
When it comes to filler words on video calls, most professionals never receive direct feedback. video calls meetings move fast — you are focused on content, screen sharing, and audience engagement. Meanwhile, filler words issues like filler words, grammar errors, and unclear phrasing go completely unnoticed. Without a system to catch these patterns, the same mistakes repeat in every call.
SpeakFlare connects directly to video calls and automatically captures every meeting recording. After each call, the platform transcribes every word using AssemblyAI with word-level timestamps and speaker identification. AI analysis then examines the transcript for grammar errors, filler word patterns, clarity issues, and presentation weaknesses — generating a detailed report specific to your video calls communication. No manual uploads, no extra steps.
Progress tracking is where the real improvement happens. After your first few analyzed meetings, SpeakFlare shows your baseline metrics: filler word count per minute, grammar error frequency, clarity score, and overall communication effectiveness. Each subsequent meeting updates these metrics, creating trend lines that show concrete improvement in filler words. Most users see measurable progress within two to three weeks of consistent use.
How to measure filler words
The core metric is your filler word rate — the share of your spoken words that are fillers:
Worked example: a transcript of 1,420 words containing 34 fillers:
The second metric, fillers per minute, normalizes for how long you spoke:
What counts as high?
| Filler rate | Fillers / min | How it reads |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1% | 0–1 | Polished, confident |
| 1–2% | 1–3 | Natural, professional |
| 2–4% | 3–6 | Noticeable to listeners |
| Over 4% | 6+ | Distracting, reads as uncertain |
Typical filler words
um · uh · like · you know · basically · literally · actually · right · so · well
How SpeakFlare works with video calls
On video calls, record or upload the meeting and SpeakFlare analyzes it automatically.
Enable video calls cloud recording once and connect to SpeakFlare. Every future video calls call is analyzed automatically — no manual steps. You will have analysis reports waiting in your dashboard each morning.