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1.3minutes saved per 100 words
At the study's speeds, 100 words take about 1.9 minutes to type on the phone keyboard and about 0.65 minutes to speak, so speech saves about 1.3 minutes per 100 words before any editing.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
- How it is calculated
- 100 / 52 - 100 / 153 = 1.92 - 0.65 = 1.27 minutes, shown as 1.3
Calculated from
- In the same controlled study on an iPhone, English text entered on the built-in QWERTY keyboard reached 52 words per minute, against 153 words per minute by speech.
- In a controlled study on an iPhone, English text entered by speech reached 153 words per minute, against 52 words per minute on the built-in keyboard, 2.93 times faster.