I have worked with communication or speaking for over 11 years. I started as an Air Traffic Controller in the Navy in 1997. As an ATC I had to learn to articulate and speak at a good level for the pilots to understand and to comply with the instructions. I am currently working as a contractor for a company in which I take over 150 calls per day. Communication rules apply pretty much the same; articulation, rate of speech, and content of speech. The rate for reading books is $5 per 1,000 words.