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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
Let's say mine covers 95% of the normal cases, and misses the 5% extended speeches. But it replaces it in a single stroke.
Yours might cover "100%" of the cases, but then you have to spend time manually correcting 5%.
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As I said, I don't think there can be a perfect automatic conversion. If I were to do this, I would be compelled to do the manual work and get it right.
Reminds me of the "red letter" Bibles, where the words of Jesus are printed red. (Note that in the KJV, at least, they don't use quote marks.)
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
(ESPECIALLY since wrong/mismatched quotations are where a huge minority of typos are introduced, even in fully proofed/published books.
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Exposing those so they could be fixed would be a bonus.
When I convert a print book to ebook, I often discover errors. If the print version has not been actually printed yet, I can fix that too.
I often do S&R that I know will make some errors, and then use the syntax error check to find the edge cases.