1. A method of providing a word count to a user, comprising: receiving, by a word counting device, an audio input representative of spoken speech; windowing, by the word counting device, the audio input representative of spoken speech; determining, by the word counting device, whether or not one or more windows of windowed audio input representative of spoken speech meet one or more speech criteria; counting, by the word counting device, a number of instances during which the one or more windows of windowed audio input representative of spoken speech meet one or more speech criteria; applying, by the word counting device, a multiplication factor to the number of instances in which the one or more windows of windowed audio input representative of spoken speech meet one or more of the speech criteria; determining, by the word counting device and in response to applying the multiplication factor, a word count; and outputting, by the word counting device, the word count in a graphical user interface associated with the word counting device.