VirtualSpeech
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VirtualSpeech is an independent UK company, founded in 2016 by Sophie Thompson and Dom Barnard, that offers AI practice for workplace conversations and presentations.
| Website | https://virtualspeech.com/ |
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| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Ownership | Independent |
| In this guide | Leadership, safe AI use and cybersecurity; Corporate leadership and soft skills; Sales and customer service |
This profile uses the same fields and length limits as every other provider in the guide, drawn from VirtualSpeech’s own materials and public records.
Leadership, safe AI use and cybersecurity
Products named: Roleplays; Custom Roleplays; Skills Coaching; Skills Analytics; Training Library; VR & AR; Hugh, the AI coach
| What they offer | VirtualSpeech has managers rehearse feedback, performance reviews and difficult news with an AI employee, followed by scoring and a debrief from an AI coach; custom role-plays and a training library are also offered. |
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| Who they serve | VirtualSpeech serves L&D teams and universities, naming customers such as Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Bayer and IE Business School; leadership programs target cohorts such as newly promoted managers. |
| How it is delivered | VirtualSpeech runs in the browser, on a tablet or in a VR headset, with a VR & AR option for headset practice. VR headset: yes; Desktop or browser: yes; Mobile: yes; Offline: not published; Classified: not published |
| Assessment and analytics | Each conversation is scored against named criteria with an AI debrief; Skills Analytics measures skills across individuals and teams, and admin reporting tracks assigned training. |
| AI features | AI characters push back during role-plays; Hugh, the AI coach, debriefs sessions and runs coaching sessions that end with a written plan. |
| Notable public programs and contracts | Not published. |
| How to buy | VirtualSpeech sells through demos, a published pricing page and an enterprise plan; no U.S. government contract vehicle is published. |
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Corporate leadership and soft skills
Products named: Roleplays; Custom Roleplays; Skills Coaching; Skills Analytics; Training Library; VR & AR; Hugh, the AI coach
| What they offer | VirtualSpeech has managers rehearse feedback, performance reviews and difficult news with an AI employee, followed by scoring and a debrief from an AI coach; custom role-plays and a training library are also offered. |
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| Who they serve | VirtualSpeech serves L&D teams and universities, naming customers such as Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Bayer and IE Business School; leadership programs target cohorts such as newly promoted managers. |
| How it is delivered | VirtualSpeech runs in the browser, on a tablet or in a VR headset, with a VR & AR option for headset practice. VR headset: yes; Desktop or browser: yes; Mobile: yes; Offline: not published |
| Assessment and analytics | Each conversation is scored against named criteria with an AI debrief; Skills Analytics measures skills across individuals and teams, and admin reporting tracks assigned training. |
| AI features | AI characters push back during role-plays; Hugh, the AI coach, debriefs sessions and runs coaching sessions that end with a written plan. |
| Notable customers and programs | Not published. |
| How to buy | VirtualSpeech sells through demos and lists a pricing page; its manager programs include cohort set-up, a named customer success contact and a results report per cohort. |
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Sales and customer service
Products named: Roleplays; Custom Roleplays; Skills Coaching; Skills Analytics; Training Library; VR & AR
| What they offer | Sales teams rehearse discovery calls, objections and negotiations with an AI buyer; service teams rehearse complaints, billing disputes and de-escalation with an AI customer, in five-to-ten-minute voice calls built from a library or custom scenarios. |
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| Who they serve | VirtualSpeech serves enterprise L&D, sales and service teams and universities; it says it has worked with Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Bayer and Swisscom. |
| How it is delivered | Runs in the browser, on a tablet or in a VR headset, with nothing to install before the first session. VR headset: yes; Desktop or browser: yes; Mobile: yes; Offline: not published |
| Assessment and analytics | Each call is scored on five named criteria with the quoted line behind each score, then debriefed by an AI coach; Skills Analytics measures skills across individuals and teams. |
| AI features | AI buyers and customers respond to what is said and hold positions; some scenarios vary what the AI raises each attempt; an AI coach runs debriefs. |
| Notable customers and programs | VirtualSpeech quotes a Swisscom L&D specialist on building custom AI-avatar scenarios for coaching, sales and customer service. |
| How to buy | VirtualSpeech sells through demos and lists a pricing page. |
Sources
- About VirtualSpeech. VirtualSpeech. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- Leadership & Management Training with AI. VirtualSpeech. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- AI Sales Roleplay Training for Teams. VirtualSpeech. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- Customer Service Training with AI Roleplays. VirtualSpeech. Retrieved October 22, 2026.