[access-uk] Re: How to convert pdf files
- From: Alasdair King <alasdairking@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:05:04 +0100
Accessible PDF is based on PDFTOHTML, which takes PDF files containing
text and converts them to HTML. It will not work on PDFs with
encryption/protection enabled, and it will not work on PDFs with
images of text not the text itself. For the latter you will need an
OCR program like Omnipage or Abbyy Fine Reader or Scan2Text.
WebbIE is a suite of program for various tasks, like a text-based web
browser, RSS news reader, radio player. It came up in this thread with
reference to Accessible PDF. This is available in the suite.
Alasdair
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Carol Pearson
<carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks. So WebbIE is a suite of programmes. Please tell me what's there
> and why I may need them?
>
> --
> Carol
> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:02 PM (UK time), Alasdair King at
> alasdairking@xxxxxxxxx said:
>
>> All WebbIE programs are available as part of the WebbIE installer at:
>> http://download.webbie.org.uk/WebbIE3-Installer.msi
>>
>> For this program there is a Claro version, but this may not be the
>> very latest version:
>> http://www.accessiblepdf.com
>>
>> Alasdair
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 9 Apr 2009, at 10:21, "Carol Pearson"
>> <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> So, where is your programme, Alastair?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carol
>>> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, April 08, 2009 7:59 PM (UK time), Alasdair King at
>>> alasdairking@xxxxxxxxx said:
>>>
>>>> The WebbIE and Claro Accessible PDF programs are the same (I wrote
>>>> them both), and both use the commandline PDFTOHTML program from
>>>> http://pdftohtml.sourceforge.net/ (so they are both open-source).
>>>> Credit where it is due!
>>>>
>>>> Alasdair King
>>>> WebbIE/Claro Software
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Shea Anker <svanker@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Adrien,
>>>>> I'm not sure if this will work for you, but I have downloaded a
>>>>> program that converts PDF to TXT in seconds. The text files work
>>>>> great on the Stream as well. Unfortunately, I don't have the link
>>>>> anymore, but you could probably find it if you went to Google, or
>>>>> any other major search engine and just typed in PDF to TXT, which
>>>>> is the name of the program. It is a free download and I think that
>>>>> you run the file to install and then save to the desktop, or at
>>>>> least, that is what I did. To convert a file, you highlight the
>>>>> file without opening it, press the applications key to open the
>>>>> context menu and choose the sent to option. Then choose PDF to TXT
>>>>> from the list of programs. Then just follow the prompts. I have
>>>>> found it quite easy to use and the only files it will not work on
>>>>> are PDF Image only files. Feel free to Email me off list if you
>>>>> have any questions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shea
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrien"
>>>>> <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: "'access uk'" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:46 AM
>>>>> Subject: [access-uk] How to convert pdf files
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to convert pdf files to html or text for use on
>>>>>> the stream, does anyone know of an accessible program which
>>>>>> works with hal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Adrien
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can get me off list at:
>>>>>> adriencollins06@xxxxxxx
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> adrien_collins@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Or
>>>>>> adrien.collins@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Speakon is a free fully self-voicing accessible multimedia
>>>>>> program for
>>>>>> the visually impaired, find out more by downloading the
>>>>>> software from:
>>>>>> http://www.a-technic.net/speakon.htm
>>>>>> You can join the speakon user group by sending a blank
>>>>>> e-mail to:
>>>>>> speakon-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
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