Paste your speech
The estimate updates as you type or paste. Leave in stage directions like (pause) or lines about raising a glass — the timer accounts for them.
How will it be delivered?
Paste your speech above to see an estimate
Speech running order
Add every speech (from the box above) to build the full running order, then check it against when you want the party to start.
Quick guide
How to check your wedding speech length
- Paste your speech into Your speech to see the live estimate.
- Choose a delivery pace and tick Add time for laughs, toasts & reactions if you want.
- Enter Whose speech is this? and press Add to running order.
- Set Speeches start at, the buffer and the party start time, then Copy running order or Print.
What it does
- Live word count and time estimate
- Three delivery paces to choose from
- Optional allowance for laughs and toasts
- Order and timings for every speech
- Buffer time and party start check
- Copy, print or email the speech schedule
Use it with
- Speech Template Builder – pick best man, father of the bride or the couple, fill in a few blanks, and see a wedding speech draft build as you type
- Speech Teleprompter – paste your speech and read it from a phone or tablet in big words that scroll at your own speaking pace. A full wedding version, with a tablet link, voice-following, presenter clickers, cue notes, Word and PDF import and printable cue cards, is included when you book Tinsel Tim
- Speech & Toast Template Builder – pick who is speaking and the tone you want to get a speech or toast template with prompts to fill in with your own stories
Questions
Speech Timer: common questions
Who is the speech timer for?
It is for anyone giving a wedding speech, such as the best man, father of the bride or the couple, and for whoever is planning the order of the speeches. You paste the speech in and see how long it is likely to take at a nervous, comfortable or confident pace, with an optional allowance for laughs and toasts.
How do I plan the timings for all the speeches?
Time each speech in turn, enter whose speech it is and press Add to running order. Then set when the speeches start, how many minutes of buffer to allow per speech and when you want the party or first dance to begin. Copy running order or Print gives the master of ceremonies a copy.
Is my speech text stored or sent anywhere?
No. Your speech is read in your browser to count the words and work out the timing. It is not saved and is not sent to Mobile Disco Network. If you choose Send this to Tim, your email app opens with a draft containing the speech schedule only, and you decide whether to send it.
How long should a wedding speech be?
There is no fixed rule, but guests listen best when each speech is kept fairly short, and several long speeches can push back the rest of the day. Use the timer to check each one, then compare the total with your planned party start time so the evening schedule stays realistic.
Tim’s tip
Ask each speaker to practise out loud with the microphone they will use, even briefly, and to hold it close and steady. Most speeches that cannot be heard are a microphone technique problem, not a volume one.
Made by Tim Daymond (Tinsel Tim). Tim has been a DJ since 1976 and has run Mobile Disco Network since 2013. He plays weddings and parties across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. He is a Norfolk County Council Trading Standards Trusted Trader (ID 0000457), a member of the NADJ and the winner of 23 independent awards.
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Your privacy: this tool runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to Mobile Disco Network or stored on a server. Nothing is saved once you close the page. Email buttons only open your own email app, and nothing is sent until you press send.
Free to use, no sign-up. Last reviewed 11 October 2026.
Speeches timed?
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