Calibre for Windows - Remove following characters in EPUB conversion

MOJOJE · 11-24-2019, 08:03 AM

I am not familiar with editing or removing characters from a book that has been converted from AZW3 to EPUB, or even just in the EPUB book. I hate hearing the characters being read when I use Calibre Companion. The characters I am specifically referring to are < and/or > . Any Help would be extremely appreciated.

Example: <Can you climb upon my back?>

Thank you!

theducks · 11-24-2019, 10:27 AM

Less than, Greater than are also the entire basis of the "Tag system" that makes up the code. <p class="foo">
Any replacement is going to be very difficult, if possible at all.

I bet the author selected those for "internalized communication". They never expected TTS

kovidgoyal · 11-24-2019, 10:52 AM

just use the search and replace function in the conversion dialog.

MOJOJE · 11-25-2019, 08:16 AM

I don't know where I do this. I tried to set a rule in the "search & replace" option when converting the book. This is the Rule I tried to set up: REMOVE: < Replace "space" (no quotes). I am sorry I keep asking how to do this, but I don't understand how to do it.

Thank you for your help

kovidgoyal · 11-25-2019, 09:24 AM

Its likely your character isn't actually a < but a guillement or if it actually is a < then it will be in entity form. Click the magic wand button it will show you the book text, copy the bit to be replaced from there and then try

MOJOJE · 11-25-2019, 09:41 AM

That worked! I guess I can just leave the rule in effect. If there is a book that doesn't have the < or > I assume it will just ignore the rule.

deback · 11-26-2019, 12:35 PM

I might have misunderstood your question, but here is how I find and replace those symbols:

To find the < symbol, search for &lt.
To find the > symbol, search for &gt.

When viewing the symbols/letters/numbers in the Reports function, clicking on either the < or > will not find those symbols in any of the html files. You have to search for them, as I said above.

11-24-2019, 08:03 AM	#1
MOJOJE Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: none	Calibre for Windows - Remove following characters in EPUB conversion I am not familiar with editing or removing characters from a book that has been converted from AZW3 to EPUB, or even just in the EPUB book. I hate hearing the characters being read when I use Calibre Companion. The characters I am specifically referring to are < and/or > . Any Help would be extremely appreciated. Example: <Can you climb upon my back?> Thank you!

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11-24-2019, 10:27 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,971 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Less than, Greater than are also the entire basis of the "Tag system" that makes up the code. <p class="foo"> Any replacement is going to be very difficult, if possible at all. I bet the author selected those for "internalized communication". They never expected TTS

11-24-2019, 10:52 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,265 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	just use the search and replace function in the conversion dialog.

11-25-2019, 08:16 AM	#4
MOJOJE Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: none	I don't know where I do this. I tried to set a rule in the "search & replace" option when converting the book. This is the Rule I tried to set up: REMOVE: < Replace "space" (no quotes). I am sorry I keep asking how to do this, but I don't understand how to do it. Thank you for your help

11-25-2019, 09:24 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,265 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Its likely your character isn't actually a < but a guillement or if it actually is a < then it will be in entity form. Click the magic wand button it will show you the book text, copy the bit to be replaced from there and then try

11-25-2019, 09:41 AM	#6
MOJOJE Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: none	That worked! I guess I can just leave the rule in effect. If there is a book that doesn't have the < or > I assume it will just ignore the rule.

11-26-2019, 12:35 PM	#7
deback Book E d i t o r Posts: 432 Karma: 288184 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Laptop	I might have misunderstood your question, but here is how I find and replace those symbols: To find the < symbol, search for &lt. To find the > symbol, search for &gt. When viewing the symbols/letters/numbers in the Reports function, clicking on either the < or > will not find those symbols in any of the html files. You have to search for them, as I said above.

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