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1,000 words by speech: about 6.5 minutes

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6.5minutes

At 153 words per minute, the English speech rate measured on an iPhone, 1,000 words take about 6.5 minutes to enter by speech.

Checked against its source on October 16, 2026

What it measures: The source speed counts the finished text, including time spent correcting errors, measured on short phrases in a laboratory.
How it is calculated: 1000 / 153 = 6.5 minutes

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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.

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