---
title: averagePauseDuration
framework: speech
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: speech/sfspeechrecognitionmetadata/averagepauseduration
---

# averagePauseDuration

The average pause duration between words, measured in seconds.

## Declaration

```swift
var averagePauseDuration: TimeInterval { get }
```

## See Also

### Getting audio timing information

- [speakingRate](speech/sfspeechrecognitionmetadata/speakingrate.md)
- [speechDuration](speech/sfspeechrecognitionmetadata/speechduration.md)
- [speechStartTimestamp](speech/sfspeechrecognitionmetadata/speechstarttimestamp.md)