RE: PDF Converter
- From: "emarquette" <emarquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 23:36:51 -0500
Thanks!
I'll try the Website you mentioned. I have OmniPage, and use it when
the PDF file is comprised of an image of the text that has to trigger
the OCR function. I never thought of using it to convert a document
that has real text in it. I suppose it will still scan it like an
image, but the quality should be good enough that it won't make a
difference. Do you know if OmniPage, in fact, treats a PDF text
document like an image?
I'll give that a try too.
Thanks again.
Ed Marquette
930 West 34th St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 561- 7111
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Aman Singer
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:29 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: PDF Converter
Hi.
First, I'd have a look at
http://www.premier-programming.com/PDF/pdfmagic.htm
Scansoft's PDF product sounds somewhat expensive. The best thing
you could do, though, is to get a demo of all programs and have a look
at what they do with your particular PDF files. PDF files, as you know,
are quite variable in their content. Have you thought of Fine Reader,
Kurzweil, Openbook, or Omnipage, which all convert files from PDF to
OCRed text?
Aman
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of emarquette
Sent: May 30, 2004 12:14 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: PDF Converter
ScanSoft, the people who sell Dragon Naturally Speaking and OmniPage,
have come out with a product called PDF Converter. It is being
advertised for the "special" introductory price of $99.00. Has anyone
tried it, and can anyone who has indicate whether it works, in any
respect, with JAWS? It claims to convert just about anything into PDF (I
wonder how well) and to convert PDF files into Word files. Since about
90% of the PDF files I get are turned into hash by MSAA, Jaws, or
something, this could be a very, very valuable tool -- if it works. Case
in point. MSAA thinks just about every table is a columnar report and,
therefore, decolumnizes it, rendering the report completely useless.
What's worse, there is no way to turn it off. But, I have complained
about that before. Honestly, I am not always a complainer.
Anyway, if PDF Converter is smart enough to figure out that PDF tables
are not columns, the $99.00 would be a steal -- if it works with JAWS. I
suspect there is a money back guarantee, and I am tempted to buy it, try
it, and trash it -- if it doesn't work. Right now, however, I don't
really have the time. Thanks to the experienced or at least the brave!
<SMILE>
Ed Marquette
930 West 34th St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 561- 7111
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