jsit/readlength.org

Get the word count and estimated reading time of an article on the web. No text selection required.

readlength.org

Get the word count and estimated reading time of an article on the web. No text selection required.

Pull requests welcome.

Bookmarklet URI

javascript:(function(){_wordcount_script=document.createElement('SCRIPT');_wordcount_script.type='text/javascript';_wordcount_script.src='http://readlength.org/wordcount.js?x='+(Math.random());document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_wordcount_script);;})();

Sources

readlength.org uses code from Readability by Arc90, and from a Gist by Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell.

Alternatives

• http://css-tricks.com/snippets/javascript/word-count-bookmarklet/
• http://charcount.appspot.com/

License

Distributed under the Apache License, version 2.0.