2,000 words equates to approximately how many minutes of spoken dialogue?

Question

2,000 words equates to approximately how many minutes of spoken dialogue?

Answer 1

150 to 160 words per minute is the recommended speed at which a book on tape should be read. At that rate, it would take 12.5 to 13.3 minutes to speak 2000 words.

Answer 2

It depends how fast you are talking.

Say about 100 - 140 words per minute, then it would be 14-20 minutes.

Answer 3

This varies with the speaker.  It also depends on the place where it is spoken.  For instance, New Yorkers speak faster than Georgians.

A New York actor might give 12 minutes to this number of words.

In writing for radio, where every second counts, writers usually allow 120 words per minute.

Answer 4

a lot

Answer 5

a heck of a long time like 10 mins i think