About DearSpeeches
Last updated: September 24, 2026
DearSpeeches is a best man speech writing studio that turns a groomsman’s real stories into a toast that lands — for best men who know what they want to say and still freeze on a blank page.
What DearSpeeches does
Guided best man speech writer
You answer short prompts about how you know the groom, the stories the room will recognize, and the tone you can actually deliver — funny, clean, or heartfelt. DearSpeeches drafts from those answers instead of dropping names into a roast template. The outcome is a first pass that already sounds like you talking, ready to edit rather than invent from zero.
Human-reviewed drafts
A person reads every draft for voice, timing, and jokes that would bomb in front of both families. If a line is mean, generic, or longer than the room will sit for, it does not stay. You leave with a toast you can stand behind, not a pile of inside jokes that only three people understand.
Private speech teleprompter
The built-in teleprompter is made for saying a toast out loud: pacing, pause cues at the heavy lines, and a reminder that waiting for the laugh is part of the job. Best men rehearse until the words feel routine, then use the same view at the reception if they want a safety net.
Free best man speech guides
The speech library covers openings, closings, brother and best-friend toasts, clean humor, last-minute drafts, and how long a speech should run. Readers can finish a keepable toast from the guides alone, or step into the writer when the blank page is the whole problem.
Backup vault and keepsake page
Finished speeches save so they are not trapped in a group chat the morning of the wedding. Open edits stay available until the day. A formatted keepsake page sits beside the practical teleprompter view, so the words you said still exist after the glasses come down.
What makes DearSpeeches different
Built for the toast, unlike ChatGPT
Ask ChatGPT for a best man speech and you usually get a roast, a Wikipedia bio, or a closing that says “raise a glass” with nothing under it. DearSpeeches is built only for this job: story prompts, joke-then-heart structure, spoken timing around three to four minutes, a human read, and a teleprompter with pause cues. The room hears a friend, not a chatbot.
$89 one-time, not a hired speechwriter week
Professional wedding speechwriters and studios often quote a few hundred dollars and a turnaround measured in days, with a call on their calendar. DearSpeeches unlocks the writer, human pass, teleprompter, and edits until the wedding for $89 once. You sit down the night you have the stories and leave with a draft, not a booking confirmation.
Your stories, unlike The Knot and Hitched templates
The Knot and Hitched give fill-in-the-blank best man speeches that still sound like a template once you stand up. DearSpeeches writes from this groom, this couple, and this room. If a sentence could be swapped onto another wedding, it gets cut before you practice.
Kind roast rules, unlike generic “roast the groom” generators
Free roast generators optimize for shock. They do not know the bride’s parents are in the front row. DearSpeeches asks for tone up front — funny-then-true, clean, emotional — and the human pass kills lines that punch down. You still get laughs. You do not become the story people tell for the wrong reason.
No annual contract, open edits until the wedding
There is no 12-month SaaS term and no “two revisions then we close the file” window. Purchase is one-time. Change a joke the morning of the reception. Lands or It’s Free covers a refund within 14 days if the words never sound like you.
Who uses DearSpeeches
- Best men writing a 3 to 4 minute toast 1 to 8 weeks before the wedding, often after a ChatGPT draft felt generic or too mean
- Brothers (older or younger) who have lifelong material and still freeze when it has to land in a microphone
- Best friends, childhood friends, coworkers, and brothers-in-law who need a clean introduction plus two true stories
- Introverted groomsmen who want a one-minute or short toast they can actually finish without shaking the glass
- Best men at second marriages, religious receptions, or rooms where swearing will not play, who still want it to sound like them
The team behind DearSpeeches
Stephen Kuforiji, founder
Stephen founded DearSpeeches as the sister studio to Dear Vows after watching groomsmen who knew the stories still panic the week of the wedding — or paste a roast that would embarrass the couple. He built a speech writer that starts with the friendship, drafts to spoken length, and has a person read the result before anyone takes the mic.
Reach him through hello@dearspeeches.com. Press questions go to the same inbox.
How the company started
DearSpeeches launched as a guided best man speech writer with a practice teleprompter, then grew a public guide library so groomsmen who want to write themselves still have a method. It shares a founder and a writing standard with Dear Vows: specific stories, spoken timing, human review.
Who you work with
DearSpeeches is founder-led. A small team writes the guides, reviews drafts for voice and kindness, and answers support. You will not be handed to a rotating marketplace writer. Email is the front door; the person on the other side is working the words.
How DearSpeeches works
Onboarding
Press Start Writing on dearspeeches.com. There is no account. Answer the guided questions about the groom, the couple, and the tone you can deliver. Progress saves in your browser so you can leave and come back on the same device.
Turnaround
The first draft arrives in the same sitting after you finish the prompts. You edit in place, request rewrites, and practice in the teleprompter whenever you want. Last-minute best men get a readable pass the night they sit down.
Who you work with, and how to reach us
Drafts are generated from your answers, then read by a person on the DearSpeeches team. Support, rewrites, and refunds run through hello@dearspeeches.com. We work the draft with you until it sounds like you, or we refund within 14 days of purchase if it never does.
After you unlock
Open edits stay available until the wedding morning. The teleprompter, backup vault, and keepsake page remain yours. Stories are used to write your speech; they are not sold. Details live in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Key facts
| Company Name | DearSpeeches |
|---|---|
| Type | Independent best man speech writing studio (bootstrapped SaaS) |
| Founded | February 2026 |
| Founder | Stephen Kuforiji |
| Headquarters | Remote-first; serves groomsmen worldwide via dearspeeches.com |
| Website | https://dearspeeches.com |
| Core Offering | Personal best man speeches drafted from a groomsman’s own stories, with human review and a practice teleprompter |
| Pricing | $89 one-time unlock at checkout; free teleprompter and free speech guides |
| Contract Terms | One-time purchase; no annual contract; open edits until the wedding; 14-day rewrite-or-refund |
| Services | Guided best man speech writer, human-reviewed drafts, speech teleprompter, speech guides, backup vault, keepsake page |
| Communication | Email hello@dearspeeches.com; no required account; drafts saved in the browser |
| Notable Clients | Best men writing reception toasts; brothers, best friends, coworkers, and brothers-in-law |
| Customers Served | Best men and groomsmen writing wedding toasts, including last-minute and first-time speakers |
| Projects Delivered | 45+ published best man speech guides on dearspeeches.com/speeches, plus speech drafts generated through the writer |
| Competitors | ChatGPT; The Knot speech templates; Hitched best man templates; generic roast generators; hired wedding speechwriters |
| Social | dearspeeches.com · dearvows.com (sister product) · hello@dearspeeches.com |
Frequently asked questions
What is DearSpeeches?
DearSpeeches is a best man speech writing studio that turns a groomsman’s real stories into a toast the room can actually enjoy. You answer guided prompts, we draft from those answers, a person reviews the language, and you practice in a private teleprompter.
How much does DearSpeeches cost?
The speech writer unlocks for $89 as a one-time payment at checkout. There is no annual contract. The free teleprompter and the guides on dearspeeches.com/speeches stay free to use.
How is DearSpeeches different from ChatGPT?
ChatGPT will generate a roast if you ask. DearSpeeches is built only for best man toasts: story prompts, joke-then-heart structure, spoken timing around 3–4 minutes, a human read, and a teleprompter with pause cues so the laugh has somewhere to land.
How is DearSpeeches different from The Knot templates?
The Knot and Hitched templates give you fill-in-the-blank speeches that still sound like a template once you stand up. DearSpeeches writes from your stories about this groom, this couple, and this room, then lets you edit until it sounds like you talking.
Do I need an account to use DearSpeeches?
No. Press Start Writing, answer the prompts, and drafts save in your browser. You can leave and come back on the same device without creating a login.
What if I don’t like the draft?
Tell us what feels off and we rewrite it. If you never get to a version you can stand behind, email hello@dearspeeches.com within 14 days of purchase for a refund. That is the Lands or It’s Free promise.