Better Hyphenation

[JSWolf]

I've a third party hyphenation dicationary that I've put together that seems to work rather well on the H2O use firmware 3.12.0. It gives better hyphenation then the default hyphenation dictionary.

The default hyphenation dictionary can be edited to give better results by having the numbers from 5 to 2.

The third party hyphenation dictionary is US English.

Just download the attachment, unZip it to get the KoboRoot.tgz. Drop it in your .kobo directory in your Reader. After you eject the Reader, it will install the hyphenation dictionaries. This will work with firmware 3.11.0 and up.

I've added a Catalan hyphenation dictionary.

June 04, 2020 - Portuguese coming soon
July 04, 2020 - Updated the English hyphenation dictionary. It should work better with KePub and just as well with ePub.
October 02, 2020 - Added German hyphenation dictionary
September 14, 2022 - Added Spanish hyphenation dictionary
April 23 2024 - Updated Catalan hyphenation dictionary to try to prevent incorrect hyphenation
April 17, 2024 - Updated Spanish hyphenation dictionary to try to prevent incorrect hyphenation

Spanish hyphenation dictionary - 984 views

[PeterT]

I wonder if we should start naming the zip files something OTHER than KoboRoot.zip? Maybe in this case, JSWolfHyphen.zip. Of course, the innards still will be the KoboRoot.tgz file.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by PeterT

I wonder if we should start naming the zip files something OTHER than KoboRoot.zip? Maybe in this case, JSWolfHyphen.zip. Of course, the innards still will be the KoboRoot.tgz file.

I've changed the name of the ZIP file to make it easier to distinguish in case anyone else has a different hyphenation dictionary/dictionaries to post.

[PeterT]

Thanks Jon The only reason I even mentioned it is that I, as a download keeper, tend to end up with tons of KoboRoot.zip, KoboRoot (1).zip etc files, and never ever know what any of them is

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Thanks Jon The only reason I even mentioned it is that I, as a download keeper, tend to end up with tons of KoboRoot.zip, KoboRoot (1).zip etc files, and never ever know what any of them is

Yes, it is a good idea to give them a proper name when making the ZIP. Thanks for that suggestion.

[sherman]

May I ask where this hyphenation dictionary comes from? If it's just Libre Office one, I won't bother.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by sherman

May I ask where this hyphenation dictionary comes from? If it's just Libre Office one, I won't bother.

Yes, it is some version of that hyphenation dictionary.

I'm also going to be posted a new version of the Adobe hyphenation dictionary as well that will give better results due to not needing such large words. I'll be posting that sometime this weekend.

[Teom@n]

Is it possible to add another lang to hypendict?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Teom@n

Is it possible to add another lang to hypendict?

Which language?

[Teom@n]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Which language?

Turkish.

I found some files from another projects(libreoffice, etc.)

[frostschutz]

I don't have better hyphenation (in fact I disable it completely), but here's a small hack that moves the files to USB storage (/.hyph/*.dic) so you can see and modify them directly (or rename them in order to disable).

Tested with my H2O using 3.12.0 firmware. Use at your own risk.

This hack is short lived; if you install custom hyphenDicts using a KoboRoot.tgz (or when another firmware update comes along), it will no longer be active and needs to be reinstalled. But you can always extract a hyphendict KoboRoot.tgz yourself and copy the dics to /.hyph/.

As for adding additional languages, you can add new hyph_*.dic files to /.hyph/ and then reinstall this hack (otherwise, the Kobo won't see the new file; it has to exist beforehand). And then hope the Kobo will actually use it.

EDIT: This hack moved here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=266005

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Teom@n

Turkish.

I found some files from another projects(libreoffice, etc.)

My guess is it might be possible to add in a Turkish hyphenation dictionary. But, you will need to have the file named like it would be in the language in the OPF. I don't know what the two letter designation for Turkish is. The English hyphenation dictionary is hyph_en.dic and you would just replace en with whatever the two letters are for Turkish.

If you can provide the two letters for Turkish and the dictionary file or a link to it, I'll make a new install file for you to try.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

I don't have better hyphenation (in fact I disable it completely)

I don't find hyphenation to be a bother at all. In fact, it works rather well. And if you don't want it hyphenating as much, just change the numbers in the hyphenation dictionary to only hyphenate long words.

[Teom@n]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

My guess is it might be possible to add in a Turkish hyphenation dictionary. But, you will need to have the file named like it would be in the language in the OPF. I don't know what the two letter designation for Turkish is. The English hyphenation dictionary is hyph_en.dic and you would just replace en with whatever the two letters are for Turkish.

If you can provide the two letters for Turkish and the dictionary file or a link to it, I'll make a new install file for you to try.

I think that The Turkish hyphenation dictionary should be hyph_tr.dic. Could you share me if you have "how to create hypenation" files or links? I have found some files but I don't know that could we use them?

And thanks for your interesting.

http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2htm...hyphen-turkish

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Teom@n

I think that The Turkish hyphenation dictionary should be hyph_tr.dic. Could you share me if you have "how to create hypenation" files or links? I have found some files but I don't know that could we use them?

And thanks for your interesting.

http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2htm...hyphen-turkish

I don't think those dictionaries will work. Can you find one for LibreOffice or OpenOffice?