Re: PDF to TXT 3.0 released
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:26:04 -0400 (EDT)
I've posted version 3.1 at the same
address
http://EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe
It now announces each page number during an OCR process. This lets one
know if the program is taking a long time with a large PDF, or has
actually locked up!
Jamal
On Thu, 29 May 2008, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 04:37:37 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: PDF to TXT 3.0 released
>
> 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
> > >
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