At 153 words per minute, 52 words take about 20 seconds to say.

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

What it measures: Calculated from the English speech input rate measured in the Ruan et al. study.
How it is calculated: 52 words / 153 words per minute = 0.34 minutes, or about 20.4 seconds
What it does not show: The study measured short phrases in a laboratory, and its speed counts the finished text including correction time.

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