You Talk Three Times Faster Than You Type
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The average person types around 40 words a minute and talks around 130. Here's what that gap actually costs.
Short version: if everything you type at a keyboard were spoken instead, the same amount of writing would take roughly a third of the time.
The numbers behind the gap
Average typing speed sits around 40 words per minute; most people who type for a living do somewhat better, but rarely past 70-80. Average speaking speed is around 130 words per minute -- and that's relaxed, conversational pace, not rushed. The gap isn't a small one. It's the difference between writing a page in ten minutes or in three.
Where the gap actually shows up in a day
Nobody notices three minutes lost on one email. It's the total across a day that adds up: a dozen emails, a handful of chat replies, a set of meeting notes, a report, a form. None of it feels expensive in the moment. All of it together is a meaningful chunk of a workday spent waiting on your own hands to catch up to what you already know you want to say.
Closing the gap without changing what you're writing
The fix isn't typing faster -- most people plateau well below speaking speed no matter how much they practice. It's swapping the input method for the parts of the day that don't require a keyboard specifically. DictDrop is always-on voice-to-text for Windows: point wherever the text should land, talk at a normal pace, and it appears there, at speaking speed instead of typing speed. Works in email, chat, documents, notes, and any other Windows app.
DictDrop: always-on voice to text for Windows, for anything you'd otherwise type. $69 once for the bring-your-own-key Standard edition, or $6.99/month for Pro. 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.
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