Talk-o-meter for Google Meet icon

Talk-o-meter for Google Meet

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Don't hog the meeting! Talk-o-meter adds an indicator to Google Meet to track, rank and compare how much you speak in meetings.

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Talk-o-meter for Google Meet
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Ever been told you speak too much in meetings? Or maybe you're as quiet as a mouse? 🙊 Whether your mouth’s too big or too small, Talk-o-meter is here to help. It's a simple concept - track and compare how much you and others talk in Google Meet.🗣️
How to use:
✓ Install the Extension
✓ In your next Google Meet conference, you'll see some talk statistics
✓ Try to keep your talk time close to the group average
Origin:
Talk-o-meter was found at the end of a rainbow and initially developed one sunny day by a talkative unicorn. Well, close, it was developed by the boss of a tech company who had the not too admirable superpower of talking too much on Google Meet.🤦‍♂️ When COVID-19 hit, the entire company realised that they were spending many hours each day on conference calls talking and talking and talking.😩
It was then the crushing realisation hit - maybe, just maybe, the boss was talking too much, reducing the ability for others to contribute and feel heard in meetings. 🤷
After moving rapidly from denial to acceptance in the grief cycle, the boss thought, “What if there was a way for everyone to measure and monitor how long they speak on all web calls?” 🤔
How it works:

Talk-o-meter tracks the number of seconds each participant talks in Google Meet and displays information in real-time, including:
* Your rank (e.g. 1st, 2nd...)
* An indicator if you're above or below the group average
* The percentage of time you've talked in the meeting
For example, if you see "1st ^ 67%", that means you talk the most (ranked 1st), and are 67% above average. Hover your mouse over the number, and you'll see some more statistics including the percentage of time you've spoken in the meeting. A negative/minus number indicates your below average and maybe should offer a thought provoking opinion, or a long joke 😁
Benefits:
One of the strong predictors of an effective meeting (100% scientifically proven by the way) is that all participants contribute... Sorry, boss. 🤬 Talk-o-meter aims to rid the world of crappy meetings, one meeting at a time. It starts with downloading Talk-o-meter and sharing it with your team.🙌
Talkometer is free to download (and open source) and far more hygienic than putting a sock in your mouth.🧦

If you’ve been sent this link by a friend (hint, hint), download it today and begin encouraging more voices to be heard within your team.
Talk-o-meter is a Chrome Browser Extension that is only active when you're using Google Meet (A Google Meet Add-on). Privacy is assured and all talk time tracking statistics are visible to you and you only. It does not gather usage stats, nor does it track your conversations. It's a fantastic meeting tracker, but no warranty is provided and results may vary depending on the size of one's mouth 😬

Source on Github: https://github.com/PaperCutSoftware/talk-o-meter

Release History:

2022-10-21 - Addressed a bug that prevented "You" from being tracked. This was caused by a new Google Meet layout.

Latest reviews

Mark Peter
pretty nice tool in general but not working since a few months anymore. I contacted the developers but its still broken (last update Oct 2022). Will stay for 2 stars until its coming back to life ;-) Update 2025 -> Still not working. Maybe abandoned...
Timothy Thomas
Overall this tools seems to work pretty well. I find it is more accurate than some of the other options. I do feel it is a little overbearing at times with the numbers constantly changing; this can be distracting from the actual conversation content. I think it would be nicer to be able to toggle the display when I wanted to have a look; or perhaps to only show the ranking or some temperature reading and not all the detailed info unless I hover. EDIT: This tool is no longer working, which is a shame. I liked it better than other similar tools, but my rating is reduced from 5 to 2 stars as it's not functioning currently.
Renée Bretón
Not working on latest version of meet ):
Pavel P.
It is no longer showing the data in Google Meet as of 08/08/2023.
Pavel P.
It is no longer showing the data in Google Meet as of 08/08/2023.
Anonymous
Help me to stay less chatty and give others more room to talk.
Willem Groenewald
It is a great little nudge to ask quiet people their opinion. Also great reminder that a view from a meeting might be skewed if one person spoke half the time.
Willem Groenewald
It is a great little nudge to ask quiet people their opinion. Also great reminder that a view from a meeting might be skewed if one person spoke half the time.
Marc Brandon
I always had a hunch that certain people in my team were a bunch of gas-baggers. Now that I've added the nifty Talk-o-meter extension, I've been able to prove it to them... with undeniable both ranking and % stats. Watching them come to this realisation on calls (especially in real time) is priceless... quite literally! Highly recommended to anyone who has a colleague or an entire team who yammers on too much.