internetarchive / internetarchive/bookreader
typographic quotemarks and text search on iPad
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Description
**Description**
> What problem are we solving? What does the experience look like today? What are the symptoms? How can one reproduce the problem?
With a book opened, on a windows browser you can search for a phrase using quotemarks ("word1 word2"); the typewriter straight marks on the keyboard. E.g search of "lives down" in this book:
https://archive.org/details/zuluheart00barn/page/n6/mode/2up?q="lives+down"
2 results.
On an iPad, using Chrome, type the same search and iPad automatically makes the quotemarks left and right typographic quotes.
https://archive.org/details/zuluheart00barn/page/n6/mode/2up?q=“lives+down”
Now we have 188 results, the words are not grouped.
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**Expectation**
> What should be happening? What will it look like / how will it behave when fixed?
Should convert typographic quotes into typewriter on input to search so phrases can be searched for.
**Context**
> What operating system? What browser type and version?
iPad, Chrome current version and probably any other browser on iPad
**Proposal & Constraints**
> What is the proposed solution / implementation? Is there a precedent of this approach succeeding elsewhere?
In search box convert typographic double quotes into typewriter marks. Probably also single quotes(')
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