Character and Word Counter

Reading time is calculated based on an average speed of 200 words per minute, which corresponds to the typical adult reading speed. For technical or complex texts, the actual time may be longer.

Sentences are counted by identifying terminal punctuation marks: period (.), exclamation mark (!) and question mark (?). Each sequence of these characters followed by a space or the end of the text is considered the end of a sentence.

The "Characters" count includes all characters in the text, including spaces, tabs and line breaks. "Without Spaces" counts only visible characters, excluding any type of whitespace. This is useful for platforms that count only effective characters.

Paragraphs are identified as text blocks separated by one or more blank lines. A simple line break without a blank line is not considered a paragraph separator. The text must contain at least one visible character to be counted as a paragraph.

It shows characters with spaces and without spaces, and the words, sentences and paragraphs of the text typed or pasted. The figures update as you type, with no button to press.

Reading time comes from dividing the number of words by 200 words a minute, and is shown in minutes and seconds. Under a minute the value appears in seconds alone.

Sentences are counted from strong punctuation, meaning full stops, exclamation marks and question marks. Paragraphs are the blocks of text separated by an empty line.

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