Word counter and reading time
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How the numbers are worked out
Words are runs of characters separated by whitespace. Characters are counted with and without spaces, using Unicode code points so that emoji count once. Sentences are counted by terminal punctuation (. ! ?) followed by a space or the end of the text, and paragraphs by blank-line breaks, so abbreviations such as “e.g.” can inflate the sentence count slightly. Reading time divides the word count by the reading speed. The default of 238 words per minute is the average silent reading speed found by Marc Brysbaert’s 2019 review of 190 studies, as summarized by the British Psychological Society; individual speeds vary widely and slow down for technical material. The speaking speed of 150 words per minute is an editable assumption for planning a talk, not a measured figure.