[softwarelist] Re: Age old problem
- From: Jeremy Nicoll - zf freelists <jn.fr.lsts.74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:39:42 +0100
Dave Symes <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In article <mpro.m5u1g4000ruv100gc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Jeremy Nicoll - zf freelists <jn.fr.lsts.74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>[Snippy]
>> Having done that your problem is entirely in finding a PDF -> ePub
>> converter that works properly. As I found two separate commercial
>> products both claiming 100% accuracy in that process, I just don;t
>> understand why you don't try them, and then if they fail, ask the
>> companies concerned why 100% is ... less than that.
>
>> You've lost me. I simply assumed that one could take an OvPro document
>> and 'print' it to produce a PDF which looks like the OvPro document
>> would if it was printed in any other way.
>
>The problem is not producing the PDF from any source, it's what we are
>trying to do with it afterwards.
>
>But you make fair comment...
>
>As you note Jeremy there's a lot of converters out there, perhaps you'd be
>kind enough to write the names of the two app you've mentioned, so I can
>actually try them.
>
>We went through a lot of looking, testing etc at the end of last year
>(2011) and rejected a lot for a variety of reasons.
>
>I'd love to find a suitable PDF converter, it's much simpler than other
>routes...
>
>Names please!
Lots of sites seem to be resellers of the same thing. I can't tell which is
which, or if things are open-source apps with a wrapper around them. This
site claims accuracy:
http://www.wondershare.net/ad/pdf-converter-win-landing.html?
but there's not much sign of user support.
Another (unless it's the same thing?) which makes impressive claims, and has
a video which looks to me as if it is pretty good, is at:
http://www.pdf-epub-converter.com/pdf-to-epub-converter.html
I later found a tutorial which is for this same product, and might be the
tutorial I saw last time. This is worth reading anyway I think:
http://www.pdf-epub-converter.com/articles/how-to-convert-complex-pdf-to-epub-format.html
Also see suggestions at:
http://dellu.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/convert-pdf-to-epub-mobi-format-best-method/
There's also the expensive approach...
http://www.reproindialtd.com/landing-pages/request-a-quote-ukebs.php
Also see:
http://www.piworld.com/article/pdf-epub-book-conversion-tools-score-low-accuracy-vigc-test/1
Bear in mind that using an app that needs intervention (eg the dongsoft)
thing might be ok if only you had the time... Consider employing a student
to do the tedious part.
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Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own
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