Video script timer
Estimate how long your script takes to say. Set your speaking pace, leave room for pauses and find a word budget for your video.
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Make room for the delivery
The example uses an editable pace of 150 words per minute. Replace it with your measured speaking pace.
Timing estimate
- Words in your script
- 60
- Estimated speaking time, with pauses
- 0:27
- Target duration
- 0:30
- Word budget after pauses
- 67 words
Within the target budget, with room for 7 more words at this pace.
Estimate = words ÷ words per minute × 60 + pauses. Timing is rounded up to the next second. No audio is recorded.
Use a rehearsal to set the pace
Record a timed read of a short passage. Divide its word count by the spoken minutes, then enter that pace here. Keep pauses separate so a demonstration or breath has room in the final cut.
This is a word-based estimate, best suited to scripts that separate words with spaces. Numbers, abbreviations, URLs and languages without word spaces can take longer to say than the count suggests. Remove stage directions and spell out spoken numbers before estimating. Rehearse the finished script aloud.
Put the result to work
Write a video script that fits the time you haveReady to publish? Check Reeling’s supported destinations and publishing requirements, then choose a plan.