Script timer: how long does my script read aloud?
Paste your narration to see how long it takes to read aloud at a calm narrator's pace (about 125 words for 60 seconds), and about how many beats, one picture each, it makes.
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Questions
How many words is 60 seconds?
About 125 words at the pace we use for narrated shorts: 110 to 145 is the range that fits. Thirty seconds is about 65 words and ninety seconds about 185.
How is the time worked out?
Words divided by about 2.08 words a second, the pace of a calm narrator. A fast reader will finish sooner; a pause for effect adds time.
What is a beat?
One picture on screen with one to three short sentences over it. A 60 second short is about eight to ten beats.