Spelling and Grammar check

LordP · 11-04-2024, 07:54 AM

Hi all.

I found this neat little website that does spelling and grammar checks of files. As a test, I uploaded an epub and it worked great. I didn't have any mobi files to check.

https://www.online-spellcheck.com/spell-check-file

It is new to me and I realize that I'm usually behind the curve, so, if this is old news please remove it.

DNSB · 11-04-2024, 03:33 PM

Generally for my uses, most spelling and grammar checks are done in a word processor before converting to ebook format.

I did try three ebooks on this site. Two of them timed out after 2 minutes and so no results. The other managed to get checked but the only errors were complaints about the names of characters and the use of British spellings (in a book where the language is clearly marked as en-gb).

LordP · 11-04-2024, 06:52 PM

I kinda like it.

My niece turned me on to fan fiction (I love Dungeon Crawler Carl & Princess Donut), and many of those books have bad grammar that drives me a bit batty, and I think this will help. I mean rein/reign, affect/effect, things like that.

BTW, you can choose English (GB) just under where you load the file.

Quoth · 11-05-2024, 06:12 AM

Privacy issues. Energy. Needs Internet.

That site is an awful idea.

Libre Office is free and has grammar and spelling checker and works off line.

Calibre is also free and can check actual ebooks, but you are better working with wordprocessor source. I have used Calibre for ebooks I downloaded (bought and PD) that turned out to be unproofed OCR source.

I'd only upload ebook files for publishing.

kevin3289 · 12-03-2024, 07:46 PM

Calibre has always served me well. I much prefer to finish the book offline before uploading the EPUB to Amazon. It just seems to work best for me.

11-04-2024, 07:54 AM	#1
LordP Groupie Posts: 150 Karma: 1341124 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Spelling and Grammar check Hi all. I found this neat little website that does spelling and grammar checks of files. As a test, I uploaded an epub and it worked great. I didn't have any mobi files to check. https://www.online-spellcheck.com/spell-check-file It is new to me and I realize that I'm usually behind the curve, so, if this is old news please remove it.

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11-04-2024, 03:33 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 41,101 Karma: 157915458 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Generally for my uses, most spelling and grammar checks are done in a word processor before converting to ebook format. I did try three ebooks on this site. Two of them timed out after 2 minutes and so no results. The other managed to get checked but the only errors were complaints about the names of characters and the use of British spellings (in a book where the language is clearly marked as en-gb).

11-04-2024, 06:52 PM	#3
LordP Groupie Posts: 150 Karma: 1341124 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	I kinda like it. My niece turned me on to fan fiction (I love Dungeon Crawler Carl & Princess Donut), and many of those books have bad grammar that drives me a bit batty, and I think this will help. I mean rein/reign, affect/effect, things like that. BTW, you can choose English (GB) just under where you load the file.

11-05-2024, 06:12 AM	#4
Quoth Reading till the spring Posts: 12,477 Karma: 93729713 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	Privacy issues. Energy. Needs Internet. That site is an awful idea. Libre Office is free and has grammar and spelling checker and works off line. Calibre is also free and can check actual ebooks, but you are better working with wordprocessor source. I have used Calibre for ebooks I downloaded (bought and PD) that turned out to be unproofed OCR source. I'd only upload ebook files for publishing.

12-03-2024, 07:46 PM	#5
kevin3289 Guru Posts: 609 Karma: 2139376 Join Date: Aug 2022 Location: Australia Device: none	Calibre has always served me well. I much prefer to finish the book offline before uploading the EPUB to Amazon. It just seems to work best for me.