# Guided Workouts - Improve Text Display **URL:** \ **Category:** TrainerRoad Software\ **Created:** [October 29, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/guided-workouts-improve-text-display/45588 "2020-10-29T13:29:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jfeat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jfeat/32/7757_2.png) [@jfeat](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/jfeat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/guided-workouts-improve-text-display/45588/1 "2020-10-29T13:29:51Z")
After 4 years of using TR to get faster, successfully, I am disappointed that one of the unique and potentially best features of TR still needs improving to make it truly useful. I refer to Chad’s coaching text. it is a speck of gold dust that TR offers, but does not quite deliver. What irks me is that it is so difficult to capture everything that is being said when it pops up in such short phrases. Miss a few seconds of looking at the screen and you lose the target cadence or the purpose of the next interval. To carve up long sentences into several screens of a few words each makes it far more difficult to follow than it should be. Surely it is time to improve this? The suggestions have already been made - rolling text, spoken text, either would be a massive improvement on the current inadequate arrangemenmt! I imagine the difficulty is as much protection of IPR as it is technical, but whatever, it’s time this was fixed! ---
**Author:** ![JP77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jp77/32/12893_2.png) [@JP77](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/JP77)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/guided-workouts-improve-text-display/45588/2 "2020-10-29T16:04:15Z")
it would be nice if it was… customizable? font size, location, etc. even a little ding sound to let me know when something is on screen after a period of no comments. Sometimes I just want to put my head down and focus – but then I miss something. one thing I noticed as a side-note, is that the text feels gigantic on my iPad compared to on my Macbook. ---
**Author:** ![mcneese.chad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/mcneese.chad/32/15056_2.png) [@mcneese.chad](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/mcneese.chad)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/guided-workouts-improve-text-display/45588/3 "2020-10-29T16:07:37Z")
> [@JP77](#): > > even a little ding sound to let me know when something is on screen after a period of no comments. - There is an option in place for this already. It makes a noise after a period of no messages. > **[Is There Audible Instructional Text During Workouts?](https://support.trainerroad.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027461012-Is-There-Audible-Instructional-Text-During-Workouts-)** > > Although we do display instructional text during workouts, we do not offer them to be audible. > How Do I Turn On/Off The Instructional Texts That Appear During My Workout? > > Login to the TrainerRoad ... ---
**Author:** ![JP77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jp77/32/12893_2.png) [@JP77](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/JP77)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/guided-workouts-improve-text-display/45588/4 "2020-10-29T16:18:55Z")
who knew! forums FTW! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rosscopeco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/rosscopeco/32/90801_2.png) [@Rosscopeco](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Rosscopeco)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/guided-workouts-improve-text-display/45588/5 "2020-10-29T18:59:18Z")
> [@jfeat](#): > > The suggestions have already been made - rolling text, **spoken text** , either would be a massive improvement on the current inadequate arrangemenmt! Spoken text for the win! Can we also pick different characters like on a GPS unit? 😂 Thunder, Honey or Amber? You decide. It does get annoying when you miss the text and you’re trying to complete the extra drills. ---
**Author:** ![SSaldanha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/ssaldanha/32/17730_2.png) [@SSaldanha](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/SSaldanha)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/guided-workouts-improve-text-display/45588/6 "2020-10-30T10:45:29Z")
It doesnt look to me that spoken text will be a good option. Loud music listener when on TR so not an option to me. A loud beep after a period with no text could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Pbase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/pbase/32/969_2.png) [@Pbase](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Pbase)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/guided-workouts-improve-text-display/45588/7 "2020-10-30T13:14:33Z")
If only you could hear it when you have music on! That would make a huge improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Lincsquad\_Phil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/lincsquad_phil/32/7757_2.png) [@Lincsquad\_Phil](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Lincsquad_Phil)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/guided-workouts-improve-text-display/45588/8 "2021-03-13T10:55:07Z")
For me the text placement could be better. On my laptop the text is usually right on the break between blue workout / black background / FTP line. Just put it in the top half of the graph where very little is happening on most tempo /endurance workouts. Thanks