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Originally Posted by DebbyS
So for anyone actually proofreading, consider I suggest using "DPCustomMono" to maybe speed things up  |
That is a great tip for those who proofread with their eyes! (I do most of my fixing with regex + a quick pass with my eyes).
That font was recommended at Distributed Proofreaders. There is a page showing off this font compared to some others:
http://www.pgdp.net/c/faq/font_sample.php
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Originally Posted by DebbyS
If I had used TNR to begin with, I probably would miss a lot, particularly when "l" (el) is used in a date, such as 196O or l96o rather than 1900 (the book has small zeros, which confuses the OCR).
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That is a very common error from OCR, and is pretty hard to spot with your just your eyes in most fonts.
I use these four Regexes to catch those (I have these in my Saved Searches in Sigil, and then I just go through quickly one-by-one and decide on a case-by-case basis):
Search: [l]([0-9])
Replace: 1\1
Search: ([0-9])[l]
Replace: \11
Search: [oO]([0-9])
Replace: 0\1
Search: ([0-9])[oO]
Replace: \10
I believe Word uses a completely different Regex engine, but the spirit should be the same.
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Originally Posted by DebbyS
From time to time in my work I scan books for a local publisher who will eventually turn them into ebooks.
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Fantastic, keep up the good work.
All the books must be digitized!