[JAWSLite] Re: Empty document in .pdf

Ah, I forgot OCR had been added to PDF2TXT. I was thinking it just 
extracted the text.

BTW, do we really know if there is anything in this PDF file?

Don Moore wrote:
> But PDF2TXT is almost a thousand dollars cheaper than the Kurzweil  product. 
> Admittedly it does a nicer job, but for the price you at least know what you 
> read.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher Chaltain" <cchaltain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 8:21 PM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Empty document in .pdf
>
>
> I'm assuming that your document is empty because it only contains a
> scanned image in it. I think you're only alternative is to use a OCR
> application to try to recognize the text and convert it into a usable
> format. I think Kurzweil can do this. I'm sure there are other options
> as well.
>
> Don Moore wrote:
>   
>> You need to get Jamal Matzrui's free wear program pdf2txt.  There's 
>> nothing
>> professional about the finished product, but you do know what it is you've
>> read at least.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Eileen Lafond" <Eileen.Lafond@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 5:43 PM
>> Subject: [JAWSLite] Empty document in .pdf
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> Is there any way to convert an empty document in .pdf format into text
>>
>> I haveJFW version 9, and Windows XP pro.
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance,
>>
>> Eileen La Fond
>> Phone (206) 386-0011
>> e.mail Eileen.LaFond@xxxxxxxxxxx
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