# Coffee voiceover timing worksheet

Original written examples, 6 November 2026. No provider, voice or audio result was used. Each shot reserves an illustrative half-second of silence. This is an editorial timing assumption, not an audio measurement or a universally recommended speaking rate.

| Shot | Planned shot / reserved pause | First-draft words / budget wpm | Edited words / budget wpm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| coffee-01 | 4s / 0.5s | 17 / 291.43 | 5 / 85.71 |
| coffee-02 | 5s / 0.5s | 18 / 240.00 | 7 / 93.33 |
| coffee-03 | 4s / 0.5s | 18 / 308.57 | 4 / 68.57 |

Budget wpm = word count / (planned shot seconds - planned pause seconds) × 60. Counts use English letter/number words, retaining internal apostrophes and hyphens. The JSON storyboard has three shots; its duration suggestions are not configured provider parameters.

## coffee-01

First draft: The cup is on the table and the server is moving into position before coffee is poured.

Edited: A moment to get ready.

Decision: Remove a literal description of the arrangement; keep a short opening thought.

## coffee-02

First draft: Now the coffee pours from the glass server into the cup while we hold a steady close-up view.

Edited: One slow pour, with room to pause.

Decision: Remove camera terminology and redundant object names from the spoken copy.

## coffee-03

First draft: We finish by looking at the filled cup as a gentle trace of steam rises above the surface.

Edited: Then a quiet finish.

Decision: Give the ending less spoken information so the planned closing view has space.

## Recording handoff

- Keep ratio, shot IDs and timeline timecodes out of the spoken script.
- If an acronym must be spoken, record the intended reading for the authorized narrator; this worksheet is not SSML or a pronunciation-dictionary import.
- Record or generate authorized speech, measure its real duration including pauses, then revise the script or edit timing.
- Do not mark listening, intelligibility, rights, synchronization or final-export checks complete from these arithmetic budgets.