#!/bin/bash

clear

fortune=$(fortune)
words=$(echo "$fortune" | wc -w)

# if reading speed is around 180 words per minute
# that is prerol + 3 words per second + postroll
# sometime = preroll + postroll

sometime="0"

displayForSeconds="$(echo "scale=4;$words / 3 + $sometime" | bc)"

echo "$fortune"
echo "$displayForSeconds"
sleep "$displayForSeconds" 

clear