The speaker talk time calculator calculates the share of the conversation that each speaker took from minutes per speaker. A speaker with 20 of 35 minutes holds 57.1% of the conversation. It is useful when you review a meeting and want to see who talked how long.
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Key facts
- Formula: share = speaker minutes ÷ total minutes × 100, applied to the numbers in the table below.
- Assumption: the minutes per speaker come from speaker labels, and overlapping speech is counted for each speaker.
- Take the minutes from one pass over the labels and check that they add up to the length of the recording.
- Every number in the table follows from the formula above; none was measured on a real recording.
Calculation and example
Formula: share = speaker minutes ÷ total minutes × 100
| Speaker | Minutes | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker 1 | 20 | 57.1 |
| Speaker 2 | 10 | 28.6 |
| Speaker 3 | 5 | 14.3 |
A speaker with 20 of 35 minutes holds 57.1% of the conversation.
| Option | What it means |
|---|---|
| Output formats | TXT, MD, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT |
| Access | The Telegram bot @potok_now_bot, plus its mini app for big uploads |
| Digest | Press the summary button under a finished transcript for a short digest |
| Translation | The text keeps the language of the audio and is not translated |
| Languages | About 30 languages with good published results and a few more with warnings |
Applying it to your case
Start from the row that looks most like your situation. Change the numbers one by one, keep the formula as it is, and compare the new result with the row you started from. A result far from every row is a reason to check the inputs.
Where to look next
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Questions and answers
How does the speaker talk time calculator work?
It applies one rule: share = speaker minutes ÷ total minutes × 100. A speaker with 20 of 35 minutes holds 57.1% of the conversation.
What does the speaker talk time calculator assume?
It assumes that the minutes per speaker come from speaker labels, and overlapping speech is counted for each speaker. If your case differs, repeat the calculation by the same rule with your own numbers.
What does the table of the speaker talk time calculator show?
It shows: Speaker, Minutes, Share (%). Values: Speaker 1 | 20 | 57.1; Speaker 2 | 10 | 28.6; Speaker 3 | 5 | 14.3.
Where do the definitions behind the speaker talk time calculator come from?
Units, formats and rules are described in the sources listed at the bottom of this page. The numbers in the table are calculated here by the formula above and are not copied from those sources.
How do I avoid a mistake with the speaker talk time calculator?
Take the minutes from one pass over the labels and check that they add up to the length of the recording. Use it when you review a meeting and want to see who talked how long.
Sources
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- Speaker diarisation (Wikipedia), Wikipedia · checked
- Speaker recognition (Wikipedia), Wikipedia · checked
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