Fact · Typing and writing speed
In that study, articulation rate was timed only on the speech itself: the time a speaker took to say the target syllables, leaving out pauses and dysfluencies.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“articulation rate was calculated as syllables per second, based on the actual time participants took to utter the syllables of the target phrase or sentence, excluding pauses and dysfluencies”
Quantifying Speech Rhythm Abnormalities in the Dysarthrias, Julie M. Liss et al., Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52(5), 2009, Metrics section, Method.
Open the original (DOI 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0208))- What it measures
- The method applies to read sentences and phrases that participants produced in the study, timed from the start to the end of the utterance.
- What it does not show
- Timing only the spoken syllables gives a higher rate than timing the whole recording, because pauses add elapsed time. Dictation and conversation include pauses, so their overall rates are lower.