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Time needed for a human to read a text (in ms)
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readingTime.js
import { max, words } from 'lodash'
export const readingTime = (text) => {
const wordsPerMinute = 280
const computedTime = (words(text).length * 60000) / wordsPerMinute
return max([2000, computedTime])
}
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