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voice note length calculator

Estimate your voice note length

Use the voice note length calculator to estimate the speaking time of a short greeting. Read the script aloud before recording: the estimate cannot know your pauses, pace or delivery.

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A worked example

Illustrative example. Daniel writes a 65-word birthday message for his grandmother and sets a gentle pace of 110 words per minute, with 5 seconds of pauses.

The estimate is about 40 seconds (65 words at 110 words per minute is about 35 seconds, plus 5 seconds of pauses). He reads it aloud once, finds it closer to 45 seconds and trims one sentence.

How to read your result

  • Under a minute is easier to listen to more than once.
  • Speak more slowly for someone who is older or listening in a second language.
  • Read it aloud once before recording; the estimate is a starting point, not a measurement.

Make the message sound like you

  1. Name the moment

    Say what the person did or the memory you share.

  2. Explain why it stayed with you

    Use one detail that could not belong to just anyone.

  3. Choose your words

    Add a wish or offer, then read the note in your own voice.

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