THE READING SCRIPT 60 sentences, read aloud once on 23 August 2026. One speaker, one Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 26). Read them in order. The point of the sections is that they are scored separately: half of these sentences exist to catch the app changing something it should have left alone. ================================================================== ORDINARY SENTENCES (15 sentences) No hard words at all. Nothing here should ever be changed. Any change is a mistake. ================================================================== 1. Let's ship the update tomorrow and see how the testing goes. 2. I spoke to one of the users this morning and he had the same complaint. 3. Can you check whether the build finished before we start the review? 4. The panel takes about two seconds to appear on a cold start. 5. We should write this down before we forget what we decided. 6. There is no point adding more features until the basics work properly. 7. I want to understand the problem before we jump into a solution. 8. Send me a summary at the end of the day and I will read it tonight. 9. The meeting got moved to Thursday because half the team is travelling. 10. It works fine on my machine but the other laptop is much slower. 11. Please make a note of that and we can discuss it in the next call. 12. I think we are trying to solve too many things at the same time. 13. The first version was rough but people still found it useful. 14. Let me read through it once more and then I will give you my comments. 15. Nothing is broken as such, it is just slower than I expected. ================================================================== ONE HARD WORD EACH (15 sentences) The word we want back. This is where a fix can be counted. ================================================================== 16. Send the OAuth token before the request expires. wanted back: OAuth 17. Run kubectl and check whether the pods came back up. wanted back: kubectl 18. We deployed the change to Kubernetes last night. wanted back: Kubernetes 19. Open Figma and export the new icon set. wanted back: Figma 20. Push the branch to GitHub when you are done. wanted back: GitHub 21. Ask Claude to summarise the release notes. wanted back: Claude 22. The API latency went up right after the deploy. wanted back: API latency 23. Read the swiftinterface file before changing the signature. wanted back: swiftinterface 24. Speaklively should learn my vocabulary automatically. wanted back: Speaklively 25. I ordered the Cerave cleanser again last week. wanted back: Cerave 26. Claude Code handled the refactor better than I expected. wanted back: Claude Code 27. The vocabulary window needs a proper empty state. wanted back: vocabulary 28. Check the API response before you blame the network. wanted back: API 29. I run kubectl get pods first thing every morning. wanted back: kubectl 30. NativeFlow was the old name before we renamed it. wanted back: NativeFlow ================================================================== TRAPS (12 sentences) Everyday English that sounds like a hard word. These must survive untouched. ================================================================== 31. I need to go with the cloud provider and I am not sure how. must survive untouched: go, with, cloud, sure, how 32. The cloud was covering the whole valley that morning. must survive untouched: cloud 33. We should go with the simpler option for now. must survive untouched: go, with 34. I am not sure what the right answer is here. must survive untouched: sure, what 35. He clawed his way back into the conversation. must survive untouched: clawed 36. The reporting period ended on the thirty first of March. must survive untouched: period 37. Native speakers find that accent much easier to follow. must survive untouched: Native 38. Share it with the team once you are happy with it. must survive untouched: Share, it 39. See here, this is where the whole thing falls apart. must survive untouched: See, here 40. Make sure with him before you commit to the date. must survive untouched: sure, with 41. The code review took longer than the change itself. must survive untouched: code 42. The doctor said it was a blood clot, nothing serious. must survive untouched: clot ================================================================== SPLIT WORDS (8 sentences) One name the Mac writes as two words. ================================================================== 43. Open the NativeFlow panel and check the settings. wanted back: NativeFlow 44. Xcode keeps rebuilding the whole package every time. wanted back: Xcode 45. The swiftinterface file is generated, not written by hand. wanted back: swiftinterface 46. Claude Code is the tool I use most these days. wanted back: Claude Code 47. We renamed NativeFlow to Speaklively in August. wanted back: NativeFlow, Speaklively 48. GitHub Desktop keeps asking me to sign in again. wanted back: GitHub Desktop 49. The Kubernetes cluster went down for about ten minutes. wanted back: Kubernetes 50. I use kubectl more than any other command. wanted back: kubectl ================================================================== SPOKEN PUNCTUATION (5 sentences) Said out loud: 'new paragraph', 'comma'. ================================================================== 51. Add a note here period new paragraph the second point is accuracy 52. First point new line second point new line third point 53. Write this down comma then we can review it later period 54. New paragraph this is a completely separate thought 55. Bullet point improve accuracy bullet point reduce latency ================================================================== LONG PASSAGES (5 sentences) Several hard words in a longer run of speech. ================================================================== 56. Send the OAuth token to Claude Code before the standup, and check the API latency after we deploy to Kubernetes. wanted back: OAuth, Claude Code, API latency, Kubernetes 57. Run kubectl get pods, paste the output into Notion, and ask Claude what went wrong. wanted back: kubectl, Claude 58. Read the swiftinterface file in Xcode this morning, then open the Figma file and export the icon. wanted back: swiftinterface, Xcode, Figma 59. Speaklively should learn my vocabulary, so ask Claude to summarise the NativeFlow roadmap. wanted back: Speaklively, Claude, NativeFlow 60. I pushed the branch to GitHub, but the API latency is still high and the Kubernetes pods keep restarting. wanted back: GitHub, API latency, Kubernetes