Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:08:33 -0400 (EDT)
I don't know the exact address, but there is still a link via
http://adobe.com/accessibility
for converting a PDF to HTML via a web form. The email service,
however, is no longer supported.
In my opinion, the online conversion tends to be worse than other free
alternatives.
Jamal
On Sun, 12 Apr
2009 chickerland@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:42:12 -0600
> From: chickerland@xxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>
> is this still the website that converts pdf to text via email to
> pdf2txt@xxxxxxxxx
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date sent: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:01:10 -0400 (EDT)
> >Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>
> >Well, I have not received such a request before regarding any of
> my
> >programs that have installers. I cannot give it a high priority,
> but
> >will consider it as an enhancement request.
>
> >Jamal
>
> >On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, The Elf
> >wrote:
>
> >> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 21:36:41 -0700
> >> From: The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>
> >> two reasons, I'll try this again:
> >> 1. a person who prefers command line may not want the start
> menu shortcuts
> >> installed since they don't use them.
> >> 2. and this is my case, I customize my start menu's,
> completely, and every
> >> time I update an application that does not give me the
> opportunity to not
> >> have the start menu shortcuts installed is updated or loaded,
> the shortcuts
> >> get dumped into the standard position on the start
> menu/programs, instead of
> >> in the location I want them,, so... every time I update, I have
> to go back
> >> in and remove/re-move (as in re do my cut go to location and
> paste) the
> >> shortcuts again! and again the next time I update, and so on at
> infanitum!
>
> >> where as with this check box in the instillation application, I
> simply
> >> uncheck it and my old, already in the place I want them
> shortcuts do the job
> >> and I do not have to go redo what I have already done.
>
> >> and with the ones that also do not give you the chance to say no
> to the
> >> desktop icon, I then have to go remove the new desktop icons and
> re-sort my
> >> desktop as well.
>
> >> does that clear it up?
>
> >> regards,
> >> inthane
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx
> >> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:14 AM
> >> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>
>
> >>> I'm not understanding what problem that causes Why would
> someone not
> >>> want a program group on the Start Menu for a program they
> decided to
> >>> install?
>
> >>> Jamal
> >>> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, The Elf wrote:
>
> >>>> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:07:18 -0700
> >>>> From: The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>
> >>>> no! what I am referring to is a section of the installer that is
> devoted
> >>>> to
> >>>> where the start menu's are placed in the menu's and sub menu's,
> and... an
> >>>> additional item, a checkbox, unchecked by default, that says and
> does "do
> >>>> not install start menu shortcuts"
>
> >>>> hope that clears things up.
>
> >>>> inthane
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:02 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>
>
> >>>>>I assume you are referring to making the assignment of a
> system-wide
> >>>>> shortcutkey optional, as is the case with the EdSharp, FileDir,
> and JSX
> >>>>> installers. I've now made that change so it is also optional in
> the
> >>>>> PDF2TXT installer (April 6 release).
>
> >>>>> Jamal
>
> >>>>> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, The Elf wrote:
>
> >>>>>> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 00:46:52 -0700
> >>>>>> From: The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>
> >>>>>> Jamal,
>
> >>>>>> this reminded me of something I wanted to talk to you about, but
> got
> >>>>>> distracted by other things.
>
> >>>>>> is it possible for you to add a checkbox in inno installers so
> you can
> >>>>>> uncheck it and not install the start menu shortcuts.
>
> >>>>>> a couple reasons for this, as all of us on the blind programming
> list
> >>>>>> know,
> >>>>>> some folks insist on command line running, and may not even want
> start
> >>>>>> menu
> >>>>>> shortcuts.
>
> >>>>>> and my big reason is I customize my start menu but always
> (except when
> >>>>>> upgrading one of those few applications that have this option)
> wind up
> >>>>>> either arguing with the short cut selection dialog, or if its
> got the
> >>>>>> check
> >>>>>> box, I uncheck it and use the shortcuts I already manually moved
> to
> >>>>>> where
> >>>>>> I
> >>>>>> wish them.
>
> >>>>>> hope you can provide this,
> >>>>>> inthane
> >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> To: <GUISpeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> >>>>>> <Program-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <UAccess-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 1:54 AM
> >>>>>> Subject: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
>
>
> >>>>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe
>
> >>>>>>> PDF2TXT now uses an updated version of the QuickPDF library,
> which
> >>>>>>> is
> >>>>>>> commercially available at
> >>>>>>> http://QuickPDF.com
>
> >>>>>>> Several years worth of fixes and enhancements are incorporated
> in
> >>>>>>> this
> >>>>>>> library version compared to the previous one used. Although the
> >>>>>>> source
> >>>>>>> code to this and other tools used by PDF2TXT is not available,
> its
> >>>>>>> own
> >>>>>>> source code in the PowerBASIC language, PDF2TXT.bas, is now
> >>>>>>> installed
> >>>>>>> along with the executable.
>
> >>>>>>> As before, the Image Format checkbox (Alt+F) is available for
> >>>>>>> optical
> >>>>>>> character recognition (OCR) -- using Google Tesseract technology
> --
> >>>>>>> on
> >>>>>>> image-based PDFs that elude text extraction methods. Due to
> >>>>>>> technical
> >>>>>>> issues, there is not a simple way of aborting an OCR process
> that
> >>>>>>> has
> >>>>>>> already started. This is now possible, however, via a
> work-around
> >>>>>>> of
> >>>>>>> launching another copy of PDF2TXT. It clears the deck during
> its
> >>>>>>> startup
> >>>>>>> phase. The Quit button (Alt+Q) may then be invoked to close
> either
> >>>>>>> copy
> >>>>>>> of the program (though no harm results from both being loaded).
>
> >>>>>>> As Before the Grab URL button (Alt+G) gets the address of the
> >>>>>>> current
> >>>>>>> web
> >>>>>>> page in Internet Explorer and sets it as the PDF source. This
> now
> >>>>>>> works
> >>>>>>> with versions of Internet Explorer above 6.0. The feature makes
> it
> >>>>>>> easy
> >>>>>>> to download and convert all PDFs linked to a web page.
>
> >>>>>>> An additional hotkey is introduced: F11 for Elevate Version
> (like
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> EdSharp and FileDir programs). This checks whether a newer
> version
> >>>>>>> of
> >>>>>>> PDF2TXT is available, and offers to install it. The command
> makes
> >>>>>>> future
> >>>>>>> updates to the program particularly convenient to obtain.
>
> >>>>>>> As before, the Extra HTML checkbox (Alt+X) uses a different
> >>>>>>> conversion
> >>>>>>> technology to produce a .htm conversion in addition to the .txt
> one.
> >>>>>>> To
> >>>>>>> further increase conversion options via this checkbox, it now
> also
> >>>>>>> causes
> >>>>>>> another technology to be used for producing the .txt file, using
> the
> >>>>>>> PDFToText.exe utility that is also seperately available at
> >>>>>>> http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/home.html
> >>>>>>> Thus PDF2TXT now incorporates three different .txt conversion
> >>>>>>> methods,
> >>>>>>> a
> >>>>>>> .htm method, and an OCR one -- all of which are possible in a
> batch
> >>>>>>> mode
> >>>>>>> that processes every PDF in a directory. The program has become
> the
> >>>>>>> most
> >>>>>>> capable, free converter of PDFs available on Windows!
>
> >>>>>>> Jamal
>
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