Speaking time calculator
How long will your video be? Paste your script. Stage directions in square brackets such as [Pause] and speaker names such as @Anna: are not counted, just as in Prompt Flower.
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- calm at 130 words/min
- 0:00
- medium at 145 words/min
- 0:00
- brisk at 160 words/min
- 0:00
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Long sentences (over 20 words)
How the calculator works
Section titled “How the calculator works”Most people speak between 130 and 160 words per minute on camera. Calm explainer videos tend to be around 130, fast social media clips at 160 and above. Pauses, glances to the side and emphasis take extra time; allow a few seconds of buffer.
Sentences with more than 20 words are hard to say. The calculator lists them so you can split them. More in Writing for speaking.
Prompt Flower also shows each script’s duration in the script list, calculated at 140 words per minute.