Count the words you'll actually say.

On the page, “$1,500” is one word. In the booth, it's four. VOWordCounter expands your script the way you'll speak it, then tells you exactly how long it takes to say.

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your script says

Get the complete kit for $1,500, call 1‑800‑555‑0199 before 12/31.

you'll say

Get the complete kit for fifteen hundred dollars, call one, eight hundred, five five five, zero one nine nine before December thirty‑first.

10
written words
23
spoken words
0:11
at 130 wpm

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Paste your script and get its true spoken word count. Currency, phone numbers, dates, URLs, and measurements are expanded the way a narrator reads them, with 19 rules you control.

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Turn a word count into a realistic recording time. Set your pace with genre presets, audiobook to hard‑sell, and see instantly whether your read fits the slot.

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From script to quote in three steps

  1. Paste your script

    Drop in the whole thing: numbers, prices, URLs and all. Everything stays on your device.

  2. See what you'll really say

    “$19.99” becomes “nineteen ninety‑nine.” The counter expands every shorthand and gives you the spoken word count.

  3. Quote with confidence

    Pair the true count with your pace to get finished length: the number rate guides and clients actually care about.

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