Reading, Speaking and Audiobook Time

Estimate how long words take to read, say or listen to. Check a reading time for a manuscript or post, time your own reading speed, convert words to speech minutes, or see how much faster an audiobook finishes at 1.5x or 2x. Reading and speaking speeds come from a published study and named narration guidance, not guesses.

Tools in this group

• Average Audiobook Length Calculator — Enter your word count to get the finished audiobook length at ACX's 9,300 words per hour or your own pace, work out how many words fit in a given number of hours, and add a per-finished-hour rate you were quoted for a cost estimate.
• Audiobook Speed Calculator — Enter the audiobook's length and a playback speed to see how long it takes to listen, how much time you save, and, with your daily minutes, the day you finish.
• Reading Speed Test — Read a short public-domain passage, press Done, and see your words per minute next to the published averages, with an optional comprehension check. You can also use it as a reading speed calculator with your own text.
• Reading Time Calculator — Paste your text or enter a word count or book length to get the reading time, along with word, character and sentence counts. Silent and aloud paces come from a published study.
• Speech Time Calculator — Enter the number of words to see how long a speech takes, or enter the time to see how many words fit, at a pace with a named source.
• Words per Minute Calculator — Enter the words and the time to get words per minute, or switch to find the time or the number of words. Typing shows gross and net speed.