Estimate how long it will take to say your text out loud, which is essential when planning a speech, a presentation, a podcast intro or a video script. This calculator counts your words and divides by a speaking rate you choose, defaulting to 130 words per minute, a comfortable conversational pace for most speakers. You can slide the rate down toward 100 for a slow, deliberate delivery or up toward 160 for a faster talk, and the estimated time updates instantly. It shows the total time in minutes and seconds plus the word count so you can trim or expand your draft to hit a target length. Remember to leave room for pauses, emphasis and audience reactions, which add real time on stage. Everything is computed locally in your browser, so your script stays private and is never sent to any server.
It divides your word count by a chosen speaking pace in words per minute to estimate how long the text takes read aloud.
Most speakers deliver around 130 to 160 words per minute, so you can set the pace to match a slow, normal or fast delivery.
People speak more slowly than they read silently, so the same text takes longer to say than to read.
Estimate how long it will take to say your text out loud, which is essential when planning a speech, a presentation, a podcast intro or a video script. This calculator counts your words and divides by a speaking rate you choose, defaulting to 130 words per minute, a comfortable conversational pace for most speakers.
Yes. Speaking Time Calculator is completely free, with no sign-up and no usage limits.
Yes. Speaking Time Calculator runs in any modern web browser. There is nothing to download or install.
Yes. Speaking Time Calculator runs entirely on your device in your browser, so nothing you enter is uploaded to a server.