Words to Time Calculator
Find out how long your finished recording will be!
This handy Voice Over Script Timer will get you in the ballpark.
Thousands of professional voice actors, businesses, speech writers, production companies, and narrators rely on this converter.
Just enter the number of words in your voice over script, or paste in your script. That’s it! The converter will show you how long the finished recording will be. And because performances vary, you can adjust the timing to your reading speed.
So stop guessing! Instead work with accurate estimates!
Average Reading Speeds
If you read 1 word per second, then you will read:
- 30 words per half-minute
- 60 words per minute
- 3,600 words per hour
- 13 seconds per line (assuming 13 words per line)
- 273 seconds per page (assuming 13 words per line and 21 lines per page)
If you read 2 words per second, then you will read:
- 60 words per half-minute
- 120 words per minute
- 7,200 words per hour
- 6.5 seconds per line (assuming 13 words per line)
- 136 seconds per page (assuming 13 words per line and 21 lines per page)
If you read 3 words per second, then you will read:
- 90 words per half-minute
- 180 words per minute
- 10,800 words per hour
- 4 seconds per line (assuming 13 words per line)
- 91 seconds per page (assuming 13 words per line and 21 lines per page)
If you read 4 words per second, then you will read:
- 120 words per half-minute
- 240 words per minute
- 14,400 words per hour
- 3.2 seconds per line (assuming 13 words per line)
- 68 seconds per page (assuming 13 words per line and 21 lines per page)
If you read 5 words per second, then you will read:
- 150 words per half-minute
- 300 words per minute
- 18,000 words per hour
- 2.6 seconds per line (assuming 13 words per line)
- 54 seconds per page (assuming 13 words per line and 21 lines per page)
Line Count
- Average number of lines per page: 21
- Average number of lines per 30-second spot: 7.5
- Average number of lines per 60-second spot: 15
Word Count
- Average words per line: 13 (range is 8 to 18)
- Average words per page: 273 (range is 168 to 378)
