Is talking faster than typing? The honest math
Speaking beats typing by roughly 3 to 4 times, until you count the cleanup. Kill the cleanup and the speed is real.
- ~150 wpm spoken vs ~40 wpm typed
- Editing is where the savings die
- AI formatting keeps the multiplier
ugh tell maya i can't make saturday dinner work blew up and i feel terrible but can we do next week instead
Hey Maya, I can't make Saturday dinner, work blew up. Really sorry. Can we do next week instead?
Tap a style. Same thought, a different landing.
The raw numbers
Conversational speech runs around 130 to 160 words per minute. Average typing sits near 40, and even fast touch typists live around 70 to 80. On raw throughput, your voice beats your fingers three or four times over. A 200-word update is five minutes of typing or about 80 seconds of talking.
Where the time goes anyway
Dictate 200 raw words and you inherit an editing job: punctuation, false starts, paragraphs, tone. If cleanup takes three minutes, your advantage is gone, which is why most people try dictation for a week and quietly go back to typing.
Keeping the multiplier
The fix is to make the computer do the cleanup. Speechy runs your ramble through an AI writing pass and returns the finished version, so the 80 seconds stays 80 seconds. It also shows you the seconds saved after every dictation, and your running total, so the payoff is measured rather than vibes.
More than transcription, it frames the message.
Speak or type the messy version, and Speechy hands back the sendable one: the right tone, structure and context, in whatever app you're already in.
The message, not the transcript
Most voice apps stop at words on a page. Speechy gives you the message: the right tone, length and language, ready to send.
24 styles, one tap
Flirty, Firm, Diplomatic, Professional, Gen Z and 19 more. Keep your 5 on the keyboard and switch mid-conversation.
A real keyboard on iPhone and iPad
Every layout you use, with autocorrect and suggestions, plus the mic. On Mac, one shortcut in any app. Windows and Android are on the way.
Think in one language, send in another
Speak the way you think and send it in your keyboard's language, or any of 12.
Good questions, straight answers.
How much faster is speaking than typing?
Roughly 3 to 4 times: about 150 words per minute spoken against about 40 typed. The advantage survives only if you are not hand-editing the transcript afterward.
Does dictation actually save time in practice?
With AI formatting, yes: the draft arrives sendable. Speechy counts the real seconds saved per dictation, so you can see your own number instead of trusting a blog.
Stop rewriting your thoughts.
Say the messy version. Send the clean one. Your first 10 messages are free, no account, no card.