Lexicon: the counter under a text box
A box counter is the figure printed under a text field, usually as a running total over a maximum. It is a limit the vendor shows rather than states, and it often has no unit beside it. From 3 source pages, read 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-25; no maker pays to be listed.
The register records a counter as a counter. Where the page does not say whether the number counts characters or words, the unit is left open rather than assumed, because the difference between 8,000 characters and 8,000 words is a factor of five or six.
A counter is also the one limit that can be read without signing in.
Counters appear on tools that take text by paste. Neither of the two on the register is repeated in a FAQ or a plan table, so the printed number is the whole of what the vendor says about length.
1On the vendors' pages
| Tool | What the vendor says | Checkpoint |
|---|---|---|
| AI Drama Generator | The story box shows an 8,000 counter | Length |
| Elser AI | The text box shows a 6,000 counter | Length |
| StoryShort | The script box shows a counter out of 1,200 | Length |
Inclusion rule. Tools on the register whose recorded wording uses the term or a plain equivalent; one line per tool. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
Story Idea 0 /8000
AI Drama Generator, home page
0/6000
Elser AI, anime and drama page
- Length, visible counter on the story boxThe story box shows an 8,000 counter
- Length, visible counterThe text box shows a 6,000 counter
- Length, the script boxThe script box shows a counter out of 1,200
2One intake, followed through
After the intake question in “Box counter”, SceneMixer describes what it does with the text:
A script longer than about 10,000 characters (counted as Chinese-equivalent characters) is read in two passes: first the cast, sets and props, then the episode list with a short outline per episode.
SceneMixer, Long Scripts Are Read in Two Passes: What “Preparing Episodes” Means and Why Some Episodes Open Later (read 2026-10-13)
Any — the text is used exactly as written and nothing translates it. What matters is that the words name visible things: a medium, materials, lines and shadows, a palette.
SceneMixer, Custom Visual Style: How to Write Your Own Look — “What language should I write it in?” (read 2026-10-13)