Does it count words in all languages?

Yes — it supports English, CJK characters, Arabic, Cyrillic, and all Unicode text.

Are spaces included in the character count?

Both counts are shown — characters with spaces and characters without spaces.

Based on an average reading speed of 238 words per minute (research average for English).

Yes — formatting is stripped and only the text content is counted.

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📖 ~1 min read🎤 ~1 min speakChars (no spaces): 0

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