# Characters Per Second Check

> Ensure your captions are readable by controlling the character count per second.

URL: https://store.crowdin.com/characters-per-second-check
Category: Other
Type: QA Check
Author: Awesome Crowdin

The Characters Per Second (CPS) Check ensures that your translated captions remain readable by maintaining a controlled character count per second. This QA check is crucial for video content, where viewers need to read captions comfortably without missing any information.

## Features
- **Time Difference Calculation**: Extracts start and end times from the context to compute the duration (Note: This check only works on the .srt files in your Crowdin projects.).
- **CPS Calculation**: Measures the characters per second of the translation based on the duration. ()
- **Threshold Enforcement**: Compares the CPS to a predefined maximum threshold and flags captions that exceed this limit.

Note: You may need to adjust the CPS configuration of this check for non-Latin and Cyrillic alphabets. CPS is configured directly in the code of the QA check.