Re: PDF Converter
- From: "Tom Reid" <Tom.Reid2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 08:11:23 +0100
How doyou get this downloaded.
I tried to download the free trial, filled in the form, but, could get no
further.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aman Singer" <aman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 5:28 AM
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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