Text & writing
Reading & speaking time
Estimate how long your text takes to read or say aloud.
A clear answer. Here’s how.
Words are whitespace-separated groups. Time = words ÷ your chosen speed. These are estimates; pauses, complexity and individual speed affect actual time.
See a worked example
Worked example
A fixed demonstration, separate from the values you enter above.
- Your text
- Paste your article, script or speech here.
- Reading speed (words per minute)
- 200
- Speaking speed (words per minute)
- 130
Example result
- Words
- 7
- Reading time
- 0 min 3 sec
- Speaking time
- 0 min 4 sec