Can Calibre correct all spelling mistakes at once?

UzmanKasap · 12-03-2021, 09:39 AM

Hi, I have an epub file that has more than 4000 misspelled words, mostly from badly done OCR such as two words with no space between them.

I want to fix this but the spellcheck screen in Edit Books allows me to change each one word at a time. I don't want to click four thousand times, how can I do this quicker?

kovidgoyal · 12-03-2021, 10:32 AM

Use the function mode of search and replace. Something like: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/fun...phenated-words

UzmanKasap · 12-04-2021, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Use the function mode of search and replace. Something like: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/fun...phenated-words

I have used the mis-hyphenated words function, thanks. But I couldn't put together a code for correcting spelling mistakes. I don't have any coding experience. I don't even know which regex search would capture misspelled words.

If anyone can point me to a working solution, it would be greatly appreciated.

BetterRed · 12-04-2021, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UzmanKasap

I have used the mis-hyphenated words function, thanks. But I couldn't put together a code for correcting spelling mistakes. I don't have any coding experience. I don't even know which regex search would capture misspelled words.

If anyone can point me to a working solution, it would be greatly appreciated.

Have a look at the ePubTidyTool plugin for the Sigil epub editor ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=264378

There are also a number of threads in the Workshop and Epub forums that address techniques and tools that that can be used to correct OCR generated 'errors'.

I use a couple of Word Addins, eBook-tools and Translator Tools , you'll find links to both in this thread =>> Index of Useful Links for Book Creators

BR

DNSB · 12-04-2021, 09:27 PM

One thing to keep in mind is that no automated technique is going to be able to correct all spelling errors so you will still need to carefully proofread the document. This is even more true with OCR where words being spelled correctly but incorrectly used is rather common.

12-03-2021, 09:39 AM	#1
UzmanKasap Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: Turkey Device: Kindle PW4	Can Calibre correct all spelling mistakes at once? Hi, I have an epub file that has more than 4000 misspelled words, mostly from badly done OCR such as two words with no space between them. I want to fix this but the spellcheck screen in Edit Books allows me to change each one word at a time. I don't want to click four thousand times, how can I do this quicker?

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use the function mode of search and replace. Something like: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/fun...phenated-words

12-04-2021, 09:27 PM	#5
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 48,175 Karma: 174315444 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	One thing to keep in mind is that no automated technique is going to be able to correct all spelling errors so you will still need to carefully proofread the document. This is even more true with OCR where words being spelled correctly but incorrectly used is rather common.