Voice vs typing

Measure the cost of the keyboard.

The Typeglot calculator compares 40 typed words per minute with 150 spoken words per minute and converts the gap into daily, weekly and yearly working time.

The model

A transparent estimate, not a magic promise.

40 WPM typing

The calculator uses 40 words per minute as the keyboard baseline.

150 WPM voice

It uses 150 words per minute as the voice-input baseline.

230 working days

The yearly view multiplies the daily estimate by 230 working days.

How the calculation works

Same number of words, less input time.

If you normally type for two hours per day at 40 WPM, the model treats that as 4,800 words. At 150 WPM, speaking the same word count takes 32 minutes.

The difference is 88 minutes per day. Across 230 working days, that is about 337 hours, or roughly 42 eight-hour working days.

The formula

words per day = typing hours × 60 × 40

voice minutes = words per day ÷ 150

saved minutes = typing minutes - voice minutes

yearly saved hours = saved minutes × 230 ÷ 60

Read the result carefully

Your real saving depends on the work.

Not every typed minute can become a spoken minute. Tables, precise code, visual editing and confidential environments may still favor the keyboard. Voice has the strongest advantage when you are composing language.

Strong voice candidates

Email, briefs, prompts, notes, reports, support replies and first drafts.

Mixed workflows

Editing, research synthesis and structured documents often combine voice with keyboard review.

Keyboard-first tasks

Exact symbolic input, visual manipulation and dense tabular work may not benefit.

The calculator measures input speed only. It does not assume that every minute of a working day is spent creating text.

Drag the slider. See what your typing time becomes.

Use the interactive calculator on the Typeglot homepage.

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