Count the extractable words in a PDF or pasted text without creating an account. PDF extraction and text analysis run locally in the current browser tab; VoiceBrief does not receive the document text or file name. The exact PDF counter reads selectable text across every page for files up to 50 MB and 500 pages.
PDF extraction can include headers, footers, page numbers, references, and footnotes. Scanned or image-only pages need OCR before their words become selectable, and mixed documents can therefore undercount. Hyphens, symbols, non-spacing languages, and institutional submission rules may also produce a different count in another application.
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