This one needs an upload, and is deleted afterwards
Browsers cannot do this calculation, so the file goes to our server. It is deleted automatically 60 minutes after the job finishes, and the working copy lives in a memory filesystem that is wiped whenever the server restarts.
We do not log file names and do not log file contents — that is a hard rule in our engineering standards, not a setting.
What it does — and what it doesn't
Words are counted the way Word counts them: CJK per character, Latin split on spaces, added together. The number should be close to what Word shows you.
"Is it a scan" means no extractable text and images present. A genuinely blank page does not count — otherwise you would think your text document was a scan and run OCR you did not need.
The font list shows fonts embedded in the file. Fonts that are only referenced do not appear.
Translators and typesetters often quote from this, but the actual content still has to be looked at.
Common questions
Why is the count slightly different from Word?
A PDF has no paragraph structure, so line breaks are interpreted differently. A few percent apart is normal.
How do I use it to decide about OCR?
If it says scan and you need to search or copy the text, run OCR. If it says not a scan but you still cannot search, the fonts are embedded unusually.
Does this need an upload?
Yes, and it is deleted after 60 minutes like everything else. We record neither file names nor contents.
