Hi Inthane, If possible, please send me a problematic PDF offline, and I'll investigate. FYI -- If you have access to a commercial OCR package, I would recommend that -- this just tries to be the best free option for OCR on a PDF. Jamal On Thu, 29 May 2008, inthaneelf wrote: > Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 00:43:46 -0700 > From: inthaneelf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: PDF to TXT 3.0 released > > hmmm, Jamal, either I have a problem, you (as in the program) have a > problem, or we! have a problem > > I was trying to use your new PDF2TXT with the OCR in it, and think I did > what I was supposed to, I have some 24 .PDF files that are scans, and wanted > to use your ap in hopes of being able to translate/read them, but I keep > getting this window no matter which of the files I choose: > PDF to TXT (Not Responding) > PDF file, folder, or URL:TXT\PDF\Arms And Equipment Guide.pdf Open file > Select Source Folder Grab URL > Password: Image Format > View: Please wait > TXT folder: C:\Program Files\pdf2txt\txt Browse for Target Folder > Include subfolders Move PDF when done Replace TXT if found Append to log > file > Viewing 0% Convert > any ideas? > > talk to you later, > inthane > . For Blind Programming assistance, Information, Useful Programs, and Links > to Jamal Mazrui's Text tutorial packages and Applications, visit me at: > http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com > . to be able to view a simple programming project in several programming > languages, visit the Fruit basket demo site at: > http://fruitbasketdemo.alacorncomputer.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:09 AM > Subject: PDF to TXT 3.0 released > > > > Now available at > > http://EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe > > > > After a few years since version 2.1, I have now updated the program with > > two substantive enhancements that broaden the range of PDFs from which > > text can be obtained. If a PDF is locked with a password that you know, > > type it in the edit box that has been added to the main dialog. If the > > PDF is primarily an image format without textual characters, e.g., the > > result of a scan, mark the new checkbox so that optical character > > recognition (OCR) is performed rather than the usual text extraction > > techniques. Google Tesseract technology is used for this, which is > > currently the best free OCR available. > > > > Note that OCR should be used as a last resort, since it takes much longer > > and is more error prone. Essentially, PDF to TXT now incorporates the > > PDF2OCR package, which has been available at > > http://EmpowermentZone.com/pdf2ocr.zip > > The download size of the new installer is much larger, about 22 megabytes, > > in exchange for the additional OCR capability. > > > > The program's batch conversion features work with the latest enhancements. > > Thus, all the PDFs in a directory, or all those on a web page, may be > > processed with a single command if they share the same password or image > > format. > > > > Jamal > > > > __________ > > View the list's information and change your settings at > > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > > > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind