With this speech calculator, you can easily calculate how long it will take you to deliver a speech.
How many words per minute?
In the English language, people speak about 140 words per minute. A fast speaker will get to 170 words per minute, a slow speaker will use around 110 words.
Professional speechwriters use this speech calculator to find out how long a speech takes.
Copy your full text and paste it in the box below:
The entire analysis happens within your browser. The text will NOT be stored and NOT be sent over the web.
Word count:
Your speech rate:
Speech duration:
A speaker with an average speaking speed will need 420 words for a 3 minute speech. A fast speaker will need 510 words while a slow speaker will only need 330 words.
A speaker with an average speaking speed will need 700 words for a 5 minutes speech. A fast speaker will need 850 words for the same speech length. A slow speaker will only need 550 words.
The speech calculator is a word count calculator. Insert your text and the tool will automatically calculate the word count. It will then also calculate the speech length depending on the selected talking speed.
Fast, average or slow? The answer depends on the speaker, the speech type and the speech setting.
Some speakers are natural fast or slow speakers. The best speakers keep a variance during their speeches. They speed up to keep momentum and slow down to put special emphasis on other parts.
The type of speech matters a lot in selecting the right speech speed. If you read the whole speech word for word from paper then your average speech speed will be lower. If you intend to use the written speech as speaker notes then your average speaking speed will be much higher.
An informal setting will have a faster average speaking speed compared to a more formal setting.
Keeping all three factors in mind you will able make a better judgement about selecting the right speech speed in the speech calculator.
