To provide an utterance meter capable of measuring the contents and situation of utterance of a user excluding the utterance the user does not intend, and a method of measuring the quantity of utterance.

The utterance meter comprises a sound input means 1 for inputting sound, a voice recognition means 2 for recognizing the voice on the signal of the sound inputted by the sound input means 1, and an utterance quantity measuring means 3 comprising a classification database 6 with a plurality of words previously classified into a plurality of categories according to a prescribed standard, a classification means 4 for classifying the result of recognition from the voice recognition means by referring to the classification database 6 and a counter means 5 for counting the result of classification from the classification means 4 by category as the quantity of utterance.