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martyger · 10-09-2015, 08:09 AM

CalibUser,

I have been testing the plug-in and I think it is on its way to becoming a very useful tool. However, IMO it needs one important modification -- a means of "stepping through" certain types of changes. Some modifications can be automatic -- character replacement, tag changes, etc. However, some changes need to be monitored.

For example, sometimes an OCR will miss periods at the end of a paragraph or add spurious lowercase letters to the end of sentences -- the correct fix is to add a period or delete the character...*not* to join paragraphs. Also, many words (like arid/and, modem/modern, etc) may or may not be errors -- the user needs to make that decision based on context.

Adding the ability to step through word lists and paragraph joins-- rather than implementing them *all* automatically -- will prevent the tool from generating a new set of errors while correcting the old ones.

As far as I can see, this change will make the plug-in the most useful item in my pulp-conversion toolbox.

Thanks.

10-09-2015, 08:09 AM	#95
martyger Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: none	CalibUser, I have been testing the plug-in and I think it is on its way to becoming a very useful tool. However, IMO it needs one important modification -- a means of "stepping through" certain types of changes. Some modifications can be automatic -- character replacement, tag changes, etc. However, some changes need to be monitored. For example, sometimes an OCR will miss periods at the end of a paragraph or add spurious lowercase letters to the end of sentences -- the correct fix is to add a period or delete the character...not to join paragraphs. Also, many words (like arid/and, modem/modern, etc) may or may not be errors -- the user needs to make that decision based on context. Adding the ability to step through word lists and paragraph joins-- rather than implementing them all automatically -- will prevent the tool from generating a new set of errors while correcting the old ones. As far as I can see, this change will make the plug-in the most useful item in my pulp-conversion toolbox. Thanks.