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HTML

<div ng-app="foo" ng-controller="fooController">
    <textarea text-length-handler="doThing()" text-length="6" ng-model="text">
    </textarea>
</div>

JavaScript

angular.module('foo', [])
.directive('textLength', function(){
    return {
        restrict: 'A',
        require: 'ngModel',
        scope: {
            textLengthHandler: '&'
        },
        link: function ($scope, $element, $attrs, ctrl) {
            var limit = parseInt($attrs.textLength);
            var handler = function(){
                if (ctrl.$modelValue.length >= limit) {
                    $scope.textLengthHandler()
                }
            };
            $element.on('keypress', handler);
            // remove the handler when the directive disappears
            $scope.$on('destroy', function(){
                $element.off('keypress', handler)
            });
        }
    }
})
.controller('fooController', function($scope){
    $scope.doThing = function(){
        alert($scope.text);
    }
});