Use this very simple reading time package to calculate the expected reading time for any given body of text.
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composer require honeystone/reading-time//average reading time
reading_time($text); //5m
//fast reading time
reading_time()->fast($text) //4m
//slow reading time
reading_time()->slow($text) //6m
//include seconds
reading_time(config: ['seconds' => true]); //5m 10s
//longform
reading_time(config: ['short' => false]); //5 minutes
//configure globally
reading_time()->configure(['short' -> false], true);
//all available config & defaults
reading_time()->configure([
'slowWpm' => 180,
'averageWpm' => 240,
'fastWpm' => 320,
'additionalCharacters' => '',
'seconds' => false,
'format' => null,
'short' => true,
'countHtml' => false,
]);A list of changes can be found in the CHANGELOG.md file.