use-read-time

React Hook to estimate read time for a provided text.

Install

npm install --save use-read-time

Usage

import { useReadTime } from "use-read-time";

const ExampleMinuteNumber = () => {
  const { readTime } = useReadTime({
    text: "Hello book with all but long paragraphs.",
  });

  console.log("ExampleMinuteNumber :: readTime", readTime); // 1

  return <h1>🤓 🔢</h1>;
};

import { useReadTime } from "use-read-time";

const ExampleReadTimeLabel = () => {
  const { readTimeLabel } = useReadTime({
    text: "Hello book with all but long paragraphs.",
  });

  console.log("ExampleReadTimeLabel :: readTime", readTime); // Around 1 minute.

  return <h1>🤓 🏷️</h1>;
};

import { useReadTime } from "use-read-time";

const ExampleReadTimeInfo = () => {
  const { readTimeLabel } = useReadTime({
    text: "Hello book with all but long paragraphs.",
  });

  console.log("ExampleReadTimeInfo :: readTimeInfo", readTimeInfo); // 1 min read

  return <h1>🤓 🗣</h1>;
};

API

Field	Type	Description	Required	Default
text	String	Text to calculate the amount of reading minutes for.	yes
speed	Enum	fast (240 wpm), normal (180 wpm), slow (100 wpm) - indicating the reading speed.	no
wpm	Int	Number representing the word per minute to calculate the estimate time to read.	no	180

License

MIT © @ScottAgirs

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Credits

Package by @ScottAgirs.

This hook is created using create-react-hook.