Speech Word Counter — Estimate Speaking Time
Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs live as you type, with reading and speaking time estimates.
Processed entirely in your browser — nothing you enter here is ever uploaded.
Result
About this tool
This page opens the word counter for a specific job: writing a speech, toast or presentation that has to fit a fixed slot, with the speaking-time estimate front and center alongside the word count.
As you draft, the tool estimates speaking time at a natural presentation pace of about 130 words per minute, so a 5-minute slot means roughly 650 words — trim or pad the script instead of guessing and running long at the podium. Sentence and paragraph counts help spot run-on sections that will slow your delivery.
Reading time at a faster silent-reading pace of about 200 words per minute is shown too, useful if the same script also has to work as a handout. Everything runs locally in your browser, so an unreleased speech or eulogy never leaves your device.
Example. The text hello world is counted as 2 words, and reading time uses 200 words per minute.
Limit. Speaking time and reading time are those fixed rates applied to the word count, not a measured recording.