Book Reading Time Calculator

Upload a PDF or paste text / enter manual details. The tool estimates reading time using words-per-minute (WPM).

PDF text will be extracted in the browser (no server). Works best with searchable PDFs.
If both are provided, PDF takes priority.
Typical adult average: 200–300 WPM. Adjust for skimming or dense text.
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Manual inputs / Alternatives

This is useful when you can't extract text from a scanned PDF.

Tips

  • Searchable PDFs (not images) produce accurate word counts.
  • For scanned PDFs, try OCR externally then paste text here.
  • Adjust WPM: slow (150), average (250), fast (400).