Script Counter Features

The VOWordCounter Script Counter transforms written text into its spoken equivalent, giving you an accurate word count for voice-over work. Below is a comprehensive guide to all available expansion features, complete with examples.

Currency Expansion

Converts currency symbols and amounts into their spoken form. Supports 37+ world currencies with proper singular/plural forms and fractional units (cents, pence, etc.).

Basic Currency Examples

Written		Spoken
`$100`	→	one hundred Dollars
`$19.99`	→	nineteen Dollars and ninety-nine Cents
`€500`	→	five hundred Euros
`£1`	→	one Pound
`¥10000`	→	ten thousand Yen

Shorthand Expansion

Large numbers are often abbreviated in scripts. The shorthand expander converts these before currency processing.

Written		Spoken
`$2.5M`	→	two million five hundred thousand Dollars
`$50K`	→	fifty thousand Dollars
`$3B`	→	three billion Dollars
`$1.2 million`	→	one million two hundred thousand Dollars

Supported Currencies

$ US Dollar

€ Euro

£ British Pound

¥ Yen / Yuan

₹ Indian Rupee

₽ Russian Ruble

₩ Korean Won

₺ Turkish Lira

₪ Israeli Shekel

฿ Thai Baht

₱ Philippine Peso

₫ Vietnamese Dong

Plus 25+ additional currencies including A$, C$, NZ$, CHF, SEK, NOK, and more.

Number Expansion

Converts numeric values into their spoken word equivalents. Handles everything from single digits to numbers in the quadrillions.

Basic Numbers

Written		Spoken
`42`	→	forty-two
`1,234`	→	one thousand two hundred thirty-four
`1000000`	→	one million

Ordinal Numbers

Written		Spoken
`1st`	→	first
`2nd`	→	second
`21st`	→	twenty-first
`100th`	→	one hundredth

Year Expansion

Years are spoken differently than regular numbers. The year expander handles this naturally.

Written		Spoken
`1969`	→	nineteen sixty-nine
`2001`	→	two thousand and one
`1900`	→	nineteen hundred
`1901`	→	nineteen oh-one
`2000`	→	two thousand

Year expansion applies to 4-digit numbers from 1000 to 2999 when they appear in contexts that suggest they're years.

Number Ranges

Written		Spoken
`10-20`	→	ten to twenty
`$10-$50`	→	ten Dollars to fifty Dollars
`1920-30`	→	nineteen twenty to thirty
`pages 1-25`	→	pages one to twenty-five

Fractions

Written		Spoken
`1/2`	→	one half
`3/4`	→	three quarters
`2/3`	→	two thirds
`2 1/2`	→	two and one half
`½` (Unicode)	→	one half
`¾` (Unicode)	→	three quarters

Date & Time Expansion

Time Formats

Written		Spoken
`3:45 PM`	→	three forty-five PM
`9:00 AM`	→	nine o'clock AM
`9:05 AM`	→	nine oh-five AM
`14:30`	→	fourteen thirty
`12:00`	→	noon
`00:00`	→	midnight

Date Formats

Written		Spoken
`12/25/2024`	→	December twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-four
`01/01/2025`	→	January first, twenty twenty-five
`7/4/1776`	→	July fourth, seventeen seventy-six
`12/31` (American)	→	December thirty-first
`31/12` (International)	→	December thirty-first
`4/3` (American)	→	April third
`4/3` (International)	→	March fourth

Full dates with a year are read month first, and swapped automatically when the first number cannot be a month. The Short dates dropdown decides how a year-less pair like 12/31 is read: American, International, or off (read as a fraction). Common fractions such as 1/2 and 3/4 always stay fractions.

Measurements & Units

Comprehensive support for metric, imperial, and scientific units with proper SI prefix handling and smart pluralization.

Length & Distance

Written		Spoken
`5km`	→	five kilometers
`100m`	→	one hundred meters
`3.5mi`	→	three point five miles
`6ft`	→	six feet

Temperature

Written		Spoken
`20°C`	→	twenty degrees Celsius
`72°F`	→	seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit
`-10°C`	→	minus ten degrees Celsius

Speed & Compound Units

Written		Spoken
`100km/h`	→	one hundred kilometers per hour
`60mph`	→	sixty miles per hour
`10m/s`	→	ten meters per second

Area & Volume (Power Notation)

Written		Spoken
`100m²`	→	one hundred square meters
`50m³`	→	fifty cubic meters
`10km2`	→	ten square kilometers

Data & Computing

Written		Spoken
`500GB`	→	five hundred gigabytes
`16GB`	→	sixteen gigabytes
`2.4GHz`	→	two point four gigahertz

Electrical & Energy

Written		Spoken
`1.21GW`	→	one point two one gigawatts
`100kWh`	→	one hundred kilowatt-hours
`240V`	→	two hundred forty volts
`500mA`	→	five hundred milliamperes

All Supported Units

Length:

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Mass:

kggmgµgnglblbsoz

Volume:

LmLcc

Time:

hrminsecs

Temperature:

°C°FK

Electrical:

GWMWkWWkWhMWhWhkVmVVkAmAµAA

Frequency:

GHzMHzkHzHz

Data:

TBGBMBKB

Pressure:

MPakPaPabarpsi

Energy:

MJkJJ

Communication Formats

Phone Numbers

Phone numbers are read digit-by-digit for clarity.

Written		Spoken
`555-123-4567`	→	triple-five, one two three, four five six seven
`(555) 123-4567`	→	triple-five, one two three, four five six seven
`1-800-555-1234`	→	one, eight hundred, triple-five, one two three four
`1-888-555-0199`	→	one, triple-eight, triple-five, zero one double-nine
`1.800.555.0199`	→	one, eight hundred, triple-five, zero one double-nine
`555-0199`	→	triple-five, zero one double-nine
`1.415.555.0199`	→	one, four one five, triple-five, zero one double-nine
`415-200-0199`	→	four one five, two double-zero, zero one double-nine

Every North American toll-free code is recognised, which is what lets a dot-separated number like 1.800.555.0199 be read as a phone number at all. Local seven-digit numbers are recognised too, provided the exchange is a real one, so "pages 100-2000" stays a range. With the toll-free style option on, an area code ending in double zero is read as hundreds and the groups are separated by commas. Only the area code takes that reading: an exchange such as the 200 in 415-200-0199 stays digit by digit. Turn it off for a flat digit-by-digit reading. The "oh" for zero option changes zero one nine nine to oh one nine nine.

URLs

Written		Spoken
`https://example.com`	→	h t t p s colon slash slash example dot com
`www.site.org`	→	w w w dot site dot org
`vowordcounter.com`	→	vowordcounter dot com
`example.co.uk`	→	example dot co dot uk
`www.site.org` (double-u option)	→	double-u double-u double-u dot site dot org

A domain written without a scheme or a www prefix is expanded too. Only recognised top-level domains qualify, so a filename such as script.pdf and an abbreviation such as e.g. are left alone. Short labels are spelled out, so acme.org reads "a c m e dot org", which suits an initialism like hp.com and is worth turning off if your script is full of short brand names.

Email Addresses

Written		Spoken
`info@example.com`	→	info at example dot com
`user.name@company.co.uk`	→	user dot name at company dot co dot uk

Symbols & Special Characters

Written		Spoken
`50%`	→	fifty percent
`#trending`	→	hashtag trending
`Item #5`	→	Item number five
`@username`	→	at sign username
`meet @9`	→	meet at nine
`Stock@$9.25`	→	Stock at nine dollars and twenty-five cents

Percent, hashtags, number signs, at signs before a word, and at before a number are separate toggles, so you can keep hashtags while leaving number signs alone.

Slashes

Written		Spoken
`$3/dozen`	→	three dollars per dozen
`5/day`	→	five per day
`A/B` (other slashes: per)	→	A per B
`A/B` (other slashes: slash)	→	A slash B

A slash after a number reads as "per" when the option is on. Fractions, dates, measurements, and URLs claim their slashes first. The Other slashes dropdown decides what happens to anything left over, such as and/or.

Pre-processing Options

These options clean up your text before expansion, ensuring consistent results.

Option	Before		After
Remove commas in numbers	`1,234,567`	→	`1234567`
Collapse multiple spaces	`Hello world`	→	`Hello world`
Space after commas	`Hello,world`	→	`Hello, world`
Replace hyphens with spaces	`well-known`	→	`well known`

Number Style

These options change how number words are written without changing which numbers get expanded.

Option	Written		Spoken
Leading zeros digit by digit	`007`	→	double-zero seven
Say "double" and "triple"	`007`	→	double-zero seven
Say "double" and "triple"	`0005`	→	triple-zero five
Say "oh" for zero	`007`	→	double-oh seven
Say "and" in numbers	`1,234`	→	one thousand two hundred and thirty-four
Read idioms	`open 24/7`	→	open twenty-four seven
Say fifteen hundred	`$1,500`	→	fifteen hundred dollars
Say fifteen hundred (off)	`$1,500`	→	one thousand five hundred dollars
Hyphenate number words (off)	`21st`	→	twenty first

The word counter treats a hyphenated word as two words, so the hyphen option changes the text you read but not the count. The "and" option adds a word to most numbers over one hundred. Repeated-digit compression applies only where digits are read one at a time, so a price, a year, or a plain number is never affected: $5,500 stays "five thousand five hundred dollars". The fifteen hundred option covers whole hundreds from 1100 to 9900 only, so 2000 stays two thousand and 1550 stays one thousand five hundred fifty.