Words to Time

Words to Time: Estimate Reading/Listening Time

Estimate reading or listening time for passages of text based on word count, useful for planning presentations, speeches, audiobooks, podcasts, and more.

What is Words to Time?

Words to Time is a handy online tool that estimates the time it will take to read, speak, or listen to a piece of text based on the number of words. It's very simple and easy to use - just copy and paste your text into the box and Words to Time will instantly calculate approximate read time, speak time, and listen time.

This can be extremely useful when planning presentations, speeches, audiobook recordings, podcast episodes, and other spoken word projects. Rather than guessing how long something will take, you can get a data-based estimate to help schedule appropriately. It also helps give you a sense of scope when writing or editing content.

In addition to total time estimates, Words to Time breaks the results down by words per minute for reading, speaking, and listening. You can see the expected pace and decide if it fits your particular goals or audience. For example, content intended for quick online reading would have a faster words per minute rate than content intended for live public speaking.

Words to Time is completely free to use with no ads or annoying popups. It works right in your web browser so there's nothing to download or install. Overall, Words to Time is an invaluable free tool for writers, speakers, podcasters, voice actors, and anyone working with the spoken or written word.

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