This step consists of two tasks:

1. Brainstorming
2. Speaking out loud

Brainstorming

Either recap this lesson's part of the story or think of a topic that you could speak about freely in German for max. 1 minute. Even 30 seconds would be fine in the beginning. Once you have decided on a topic, write down up to 10 keywords and phrases (no full sentences please) in DE if possible and whatever is not available in DE yet, you simply write down in EN. You can use these notes while practicing the technique.

For this lesson let's talk about a birthday. You could e.g. talk about one of your favorite birthday parties or what you think about birthdays in general. Or about your 50ieth or 100th birthday. Let your phantasy roam freely. Below you'll find a few sample keywords that I would use for a secretary recording about my 100th birthday. And you don't have to use all keywords either.

Your sample could look like this:

• My 100th b-day
• No celebration
• Rise early
• Breakfast brother
• Spa
• Lunch son
• Forest
• Coffee NY cheese friend
• Massage
• Book
• Enjoy day
• Diner gf
• Remember old times
• Fall asleep together

Speak out loud

Are you done taking your own notes? Then speak about that topic with help of your notes. Eventually speak for up to one minute but initially one minute might be more than enough and have Speechnotes transcribe it for you. Those apps will transcribe what you are saying nicely IF you speak a bit slower and more articulate than you normally would. Maybe it helps if you imagined that you dictated your ideas to a virtual secretary (hence the name). If you say "neue Zeile" (new line) after each line, the final transcription will also look very neat.