Reading fluently vs Speaking to a group of people

Reading fluently vs Speaking to a group of people Hi everyone. This is my first post in this community. I'm 34, male, born with stuttering. I've improved my stuttering a lot through reading practice. I can read through 5-7 pages without stuttering. I've been through speech therapy, and I've come up with a few techniques of my own (trial and error). However, I believe I've reached my limits. When I'm on a Zoom call in front of my colleagues, I stutter. When my audio and video is disabled, I can recite my team update 3-4 times without stuttering. Once it is my turn to speak, I start stuttering. I work from home, so I don't have a lot of opportunity to speak with people other than my wife, and colleagues. I realized that when I have to speak by forming sentences in my mind in real-time, I start to stutter. I've improved my reading skills to a great extent, but that doesn't help while speaking in front of a small group or a crowd. I've never had the opportunity to improve speaking in front of a group without being mocked. I believe many here may have faced similar situations. If anyone is in the same boat as me, and willing to improve, would you be willing to team up and form a group? This is my idea: 1. Create a judgement-free, safe space for stutterers. 2. Stutter as much as you want to. Remember, your audience will also be a group of stutterers. 3. Agree on a 30 minutes time slot that works for both, at least 4-5 days a week. 4. Form a group of 2 so that we can be comfortable in a small group setting. 5. If you're shy, or uncomfortable revealing your identity to a stranger on the internet, then we can keep the video disabled until we earn each other's trust. 6. Read the same material turn by turn, help each other with tricks you know to reduce stuttering. I have tricks of my own that I would love to share with others. 7. Continue this for 2-4 weeks until both parties notice improvements, even if the improvement is minor. 8. Once reading is improved and confidence is gained, give topics to each other so that we can speak without reading material. Continue this for 2 weeks. 9. In 2 months time, expand the group by merging with another group. Repeat the same as above. 10. Expand group + keep gaining more confidence. The most important bit here is consistency and determination. There will be moments where one might feel this is just not working, this is where I would like to request you not to lose hope. I'm betting on this method to be mutually beneficial. Would anyone be interested in giving it a try?