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Speaking Words Per Minute Test

Tap start, read the script out loud the way you would to camera, tap stop. You get your speaking pace and how many words fit your video. No microphone, nothing recorded.

Read this out loud

Script

Okay, I need to talk about this water bottle, because I didn't expect to care this much. I'm terrible at drinking water. Like, one glass a day terrible. This one has the times printed down the side, so every time I look at it I know if I'm behind. Two weeks in, I'm finishing it by four o'clock, my skin looks better, and I'm not reaching for a third coffee in the afternoon. It's leakproof, it fits in my car's cup holder, and it doesn't make my water taste like plastic. If you're bad at drinking water like me, just try it.

102 words. Read it the way you'd say it to camera, not faster.

A tap timer only. Nothing listens: the microphone is never used and nothing is recorded.

Your pace

Speaking pace

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Tap start, read, tap stop.

Read two or three times and use the average. Cutting the pauses afterwards makes the finished video faster than your read.

Free, no sign-up. Runs in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere.

Read it once. Mimic tightens it.

Film your take with pauses and restarts; Mimic cuts the dead air and captions every word.

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How to get an accurate pace

  1. 1

    Pick a script like yours

    A UGC ad, a review or a how-to. Or paste your own script.

  2. 2

    Read it like you're filming

    Same energy, same pauses. Reading faster than you'd talk gives a number you can't hit on camera.

  3. 3

    Do it two or three times

    The tool averages your last five reads.

  4. 4

    Plan with the number

    Words for a 30-second video = your wpm ÷ 2.

The math

Words per minute = words ÷ seconds × 60. Reading 98 words in 38 seconds is 98 ÷ 38 × 60 = 155 wpm.

Your edited video will usually run faster than your read: cutting pauses and false starts removes dead air, so a script read at 155 wpm can land noticeably higher once edited.

Worked example

You read the 102-word UGC ad script in 41 seconds.

102 ÷ 41 × 60 = 149 wpm.

At 149 wpm: 37 words fill 15 seconds, 75 fill 30 seconds, 149 fill a minute.

Questions

How do I find my speaking rate?

Read a script of known length out loud, time it, and divide words by minutes. This page counts the words and does the timing with two taps.

Does this use my microphone?

No. It's a tap timer. Nothing listens and nothing is recorded or sent.

How many words is a 60-second video?

Your words per minute. At 150 wpm it's about 150 words; at 180 wpm, 180. Measure yours rather than guessing.

Why does my edited video feel faster than my read?

Editing removes pauses, breaths and restarts, so the same words take less time on screen.

What do I do with my number?

Use it in the script length calculator to time a draft, or in the caption line splitter to time captions.