Paste your script to see how long it takes to say, or enter the length you need and get the word budget. Free, instant and private: nothing leaves your browser.
Paste narration or voiceover text. Words are counted the way Video Studio counts them.
Type seconds or m:ss, from 10 seconds up to 2 hours.
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| Pace | Spoken time | Words for 0:30 |
|---|---|---|
| Slow and clear130 wpm. Careful, explainer-style delivery | 0:35 | 65 |
| Video Studio pace150 wpm. What FrameCompose uses to plan scenes | 0:30 | 75 |
| Conversational160 wpm. Relaxed everyday speech | 0:28 | 80 |
| Fast190 wpm. Punchy, high-energy shorts | 0:24 | 95 |
At Video Studio pace your script fits a 30 second video.
For a 0:30 video, Video Studio's Auto length suggests about 5 to 7 story scenes, not counting the opening hook.
Opens Video Studio with your script pre-loaded. It adds the voiceover, visuals and synced captions.
Spoken time is your word count divided by your speaking pace. A 75 word script read at 150 words per minute runs 30 seconds, and a 300 word script runs 2 minutes.
The table shows four paces across the range most narration falls into, from a slow 130 words per minute to a fast 190. The 150 row is highlighted because it is the pace Video Studio uses to plan scenes.
At 150 words per minute, roughly 75 words fill 30 seconds, 150 words fill a minute, 225 words fill 90 seconds and 450 words fill 3 minutes.
Slow the read to 130 words per minute and a minute holds about 130 words. Speed it up to 190 and it holds about 190. Pick the row that matches how you actually talk.
Pauses between sentences, emphasis on key lines and a beat after the hook all add time that a words-per-minute number cannot see. Leave a little slack, especially in short videos where a second matters.
Video Studio works the same way: it plans each scene from a words-per-minute estimate, then swaps in the real length of the generated voiceover so the timeline follows the audio.
When the verdict says you are over, cut the setup first and lead with the payoff. Merge sentences that repeat a point, prefer shorter words, and re-check after each pass instead of guessing.
When you are well under, you have room for another beat, a clearer example or a stronger closing line. The verdict tells you roughly how many words that is.
A few quick answers before you jump in.
About 150 words at 150 words per minute, the pace Video Studio uses to plan scenes. A slow, careful read (130 words per minute) fits about 130 words in a minute, and a fast read (190 words per minute) fits about 190.
At 150 words per minute: about 75 words for 30 seconds, 225 words for 90 seconds and 450 words for 3 minutes. Type any other length into the target box to get the exact word budget at four paces.
About 3 minutes 20 seconds at 150 words per minute. At a slow 130 words per minute it takes about 3 minutes 51 seconds, and at a fast 190 words per minute about 2 minutes 38 seconds.
Most narration lands between roughly 130 and 190 words per minute, depending on the speaker, the language and the style. The calculator shows four paces across that range so you can see the spread, and highlights 150 because that is the pace FrameCompose Video Studio uses when it plans a video.
No. Real voiceover has pauses, emphasis and breaths that a words-per-minute figure cannot see, so treat the result as a planning number. Video Studio uses the same kind of estimate to plan scenes, then replaces it with the real length of each generated voiceover clip.
The word count splits on spaces, so languages written without spaces, such as Chinese or Japanese, will show a very low count. Speaking speed also varies by language. For those, judge length from a recorded sample instead.
No. Everything is worked out in your browser and nothing is sent to a server. If you choose "Make a video from this script", the text is passed to Video Studio through your own browser so it opens with your script ready.
Yes. Click "Make a video from this script" and Video Studio opens with the script pre-loaded. It generates the voiceover, the visuals and word-by-word synced captions on an editable timeline.
FrameCompose generates the voiceover, the visuals and word-by-word synced captions together. Free to start, editable scene by scene.
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