read-time-estimate 
A more accurate Medium like read time estimate with images in progression and Chinese / Japanese / Korean character support.
Features
- Calculates read time of images in decreasing progression with ability to provide custom image tags (Example - 12 seconds for the first image, 11 for the second, until images counted at 3 seconds)
- Calculates read time of the Chinese / Japanese / Korean characters separately
- Removes unwanted html tags to calculate read time more efficiently
Install
$ npm i read-time-estimate --save
Usage
const readTimeEstimate = require('read-time-estimate');
const string = `<img src="test.png"/><div class="wrapper">
This is a sample read time estimate with 中文/日文/韩文 text </div>`
const {
humanizedDuration, // 'less than a minute'
duration, // 0.23272727272727273
totalWords, // 9
wordTime, // 0.03272727272727273
totalImages, // 1
imageTime, // 0.2
otherLanguageTimeCharacters, // 6
otherLanguageTime, // 0.012
} = readTimeEstimate(string, 275, 12, 500, ['img', 'Image'])Input
| Variable | Defaults | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| string | required | string | Input String |
| customWordTime | 275 | number | Speed of reading the text in Words per Minute |
| customImageTime | 12 | number | Speed of reading the image in seconds |
| chineseKoreanReadTime | 500 | number | Speed of reading the Chinese / Korean / Japanese characters in Characters per Minute |
| imageTags | ['img', 'Image'] |
array | Custom Image tags to parse in the input string |
Output
| Variable | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| humanizedDuration | string | Humanized Duration for the input string |
| duration | number | Actual Duration of the input string (in minutes) |
| totalWords | number | Number of words in the input string |
| wordTime | number | Read Time of the words in the input string (in minutes) |
| totalImages | number | Number of images in input string |
| imageTime | number | Read Time of the images in the input string (in minutes) |
| otherLanguageTimeCharacters | number | Chinese / Japanese / Korean language characters count |
| otherLanguageTime | number | Read Time of the Chinese / Japanese / Korean in the input string (in minutes) |
References
Medium
Contribution
- @pritishvaidya The main author.
Questions
Feel free to contact me or create an issue