Transcript word counter

Word count, character count, reading time, and words per minute for any transcript.

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Counts update as you type · timestamps and cue numbers are ignored automatically

132

words

Characters
712
Characters, no spaces
578
Sentences
8
Paragraphs
4
Unique words
93
Average sentence
16.5 words
TIME
Reading32 sat 250 wpm
Speaking53 sat 150 wpm
SPEAKING PACE
110 slow150 wpm190 fast
MOST USED
first3
down2
manual2
months2
people2

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Why are reading and speaking time so different?

Because reading is roughly 250 words a minute and speaking is closer to 150. Scripts written to be read aloud almost always run a third longer than people expect, which is how a two-minute video ends up three and a half.

What counts as a word?

A run of letters or digits, which may contain an apostrophe or a hyphen inside it. So “don't” is one word and “well-known” is one word, but a lone dash or ellipsis is none. Numbers count.

Does it handle other languages?

Word and character counts are Unicode-aware, so Arabic, Cyrillic and accented Latin all count correctly. Sentence splitting assumes Western punctuation, so languages that don't use full stops the same way will report sentence counts that are less useful. The language line is a rough guess from the script and spelling, not real language identification.

Is my text stored anywhere?

No. It never leaves the page — there is no request to a server anywhere in this tool, so there is nothing to store. Closing the tab is all the deletion it needs.

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