Anyone having any leads on a 'reading time algorithm'?

Question

Just curious how to calculate the length of time it would take someone to read a paragraph with x characters and/or y words. Any thoughts on this?

Answer 1

I used an approximate 233 words per minute reading time as shown in the fiddle HERE.

Rounded up the result to one decimal using readingtime = +readingtime.toFixed(1);.

Cross checked the result with MS Word count and seems acceptable. Did also some stopwatch timing with reading time and seems reasonable.

The code for word count was taken from stackoverflow

Late response but hope it helps!