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retiredbiker · 11-19-2022, 10:24 PM

I almost always am reading one book on my PC, and one on my Kobo. The reason for the PC book is actually proofreading. I find old mysteries or scifi only available as a pdf or cbr (think Internet Archive for example), and carefully OCR them to end up with an epub. That always means proofreading.

I started this thinking I could do a quickie OCR and proof it on a small reader, but quickly learned that even the most careful OCR is not that good. So I find myself reading some very good old books on the PC. Who ever heard of Victor Gunn? His "Ironsides" books are excellent. And the whole process is a pleasurable hobby.

Except doing all that reading on a PC--even with a huge screen -- is awful. My old eyes just hate it.

11-19-2022, 10:24 PM	#30
retiredbiker Evangelist Posts: 451 Karma: 3886916 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kindle KB, Oasis, Pop_Os!, Kobo Forma	I almost always am reading one book on my PC, and one on my Kobo. The reason for the PC book is actually proofreading. I find old mysteries or scifi only available as a pdf or cbr (think Internet Archive for example), and carefully OCR them to end up with an epub. That always means proofreading. I started this thinking I could do a quickie OCR and proof it on a small reader, but quickly learned that even the most careful OCR is not that good. So I find myself reading some very good old books on the PC. Who ever heard of Victor Gunn? His "Ironsides" books are excellent. And the whole process is a pleasurable hobby. Except doing all that reading on a PC--even with a huge screen -- is awful. My old eyes just hate it.