Determining Typical Speech Rate

The client should record a speech sample for approximately one minute. Speech Visualization will determine the exact length of time the client spoke and calculate their rate in Words Per Minute (WPM). Speech Visualization will ignore silence at the beginning and end of the recording, so you do not need to edit the sound yourself.

After the spoken sample is complete, the clinician may transcribe the speech into the Passage box. You may play the recording and type simultaneously while transcribing. The number of words in the passage will be updated automatically in the Word Count field. If you do not transcribe the speech sample, you will need to determine the total number of spoken words and enter that number into the Word Count field. If you want to save or print the text for later use, you must copy and paste it into a word processing document.

To determine Words Correct Per Minute, you will need to manually tabulate the number of errors. Enter this number into the Errors box. The computer will subtract the number of errors from the WPM and report a WCPM in the report.

If automatic saving is not enabled, the speech sample can be saved by clicking on the Save Recording... button. All of the samples for this exercise are saved in the same folder and given a name that starts with the word, followed by the date, and time. You can play the sample by clicking on the Load Recording... button and selecting it from the list.

Click Next when you are ready to continue.