Reads the text layer a PDF already carries and counts it the way a word processor would — words, characters with and without spaces, and pages, plus a reading-time estimate at 200 words a minute. A scan with no text layer has nothing to count, and the tool says so rather than reporting zero.
This runs in your browser. The file is not uploaded, there is no account to create, and nothing is added to the document you download.
Also searched for: pdf word count, count words in pdf, pdf character count, reading time. It is the same tool whichever way you found it.
It reads the text layer the PDF already carries and counts it the way a word processor would — words, characters with and without spaces, and pages, plus a reading-time estimate at 200 words a minute.
A scan is a picture of words, so there is no text layer to count. The tool says so rather than reporting zero. Run it through OCR first and the count will work.
No. The file is opened, changed and written by this browser tab — it is never sent to a server, so there is no queue to wait in and nothing to delete afterwards. Once the page has loaded you can turn the network off and the tool still works.