Re: another pdf to text problem
- From: "InthaneElf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 00:14:02 -0700
mind you, I said wait for an hour; that was "to be sure", that was not a
statement of how long it does take with pdf2txt, on 5 to 15 pages...
just wanted to clarify that, and thanks for the recommendation, I'll try it
inthane
proprietor, The Grab Bag,
for blind computer users and programmers
http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com
Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises
"own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!"
www.alacorncomputer.com
Owner: Agemtree
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operator: Fruit Basket Demo Sight, where you can find a similar project done in
several programming languages, along with its source code, so you can decide
what language is right for you
http://fruitbasketdemo.alacorncomputer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Manish Agrawal
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: another pdf to text problem
I use ABBY fine reader to convert any PDFs that have accessibility turned off
or are otherwise too long to be read using acrobat reader (with no continuous
scrolling etc).
Fine reader does a very good job of converting PDFs and has never frozen on
me for documents as big as 500 pages.
For a 15 page document, Fine Reader will not take more than 5 minutes in
contrast to the "about 1 hour" mentioned below for pdf to txt.
I am sure other commercial products like omni page are just as good.
HTH,
Manish
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:21 AM, programming <rproglock@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for the help in getting the pdf file converted. Your advice worked.
However, when the conversion was completed, the txt file was not right.
Anyway, thanks for the help.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: InthaneElf
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: another pdf to text problem
ah, then you might wish to hit f11 to get the latest copy of PDF2TXT, and
it will be in the main window, just tab across it and there will be a check box
which says "image format" check it and run the translation, if it can handle
it it will, but keep in mind that this is going to be a slow process, if it
sits there a while, let it sit, for 15 pages, I'd say wait an hour, if it has
not finished off the work by then, and is not counting pages to you when you
sit in the window for a while, then it choked on it, I have 4 scanned books
here that it can't translate, there too big for it *sigh*
of course there between 200 to 400 pages each so...
you shouldn't have much trouble with your 15 page document, I was up to
page 40 something when P2T froze on me both times I tried it with one of those
books.
good luck,
inthane
proprietor, The Grab Bag,
for blind computer users and programmers
http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com
Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises
"own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!"
www.alacorncomputer.com
Owner: Agemtree
"merchants in fine facetted and cabochon gemstones"
www.agemtree.com
operator: Fruit Basket Demo Sight, where you can find a similar project
done in several programming languages, along with its source code, so you can
decide what language is right for you
http://fruitbasketdemo.alacorncomputer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: programming
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: another pdf to text problem
Hi,
Could you please tell me how to find the checkbox where I set to OCR?
This might be a stupid question but I can't find it.
Thanks for your help.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: InthaneElf
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: another pdf to text problem
did you check the checkbox for using the OCR function in PDF2TXT? and
then try scanning it, it sounds like this is the age old problem of a scanned
image used to create the .PDF, instead of a text document, and will require OCR
to read it if it's possible to do at all.
inthane
proprietor, The Grab Bag,
for blind computer users and programmers
http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com
Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises
"own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!"
www.alacorncomputer.com
Owner: Agemtree
"merchants in fine facetted and cabochon gemstones"
www.agemtree.com
operator: Fruit Basket Demo Sight, where you can find a similar
project done in several programming languages, along with its source code, so
you can decide what language is right for you
http://fruitbasketdemo.alacorncomputer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: programming
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:41 PM
Subject: another pdf to text problem
Hi list,
When I open the listed pdf file into PDF-TO -TEXT, I get the
following message:
"
Cannot convert August 2008 Beacon.pdf
File name=C:\PDF2TXT\PDF\August 2008 Beacon.pdf
File size=1945487
Author=Panasonic Communications Co.,LTD.
Title=Network Scan Data
Subject=MFP Image Format
Creator=HPDFlib
Producer=HPDFlib 1.01(MFP)
PDF version=1.2
Page count=15
Number of form fields=0
User Password=No
Master Password=No
Printing=Fully Allowed
Changing the Document=Allowed
Content Copying or Extraction=Allowed
Authoring Comments and Form Fields=Allowed
Form Field Fill-in or Signing=Allowed
Content Accessibility Enabled=Allowed
Document Assembly=Allowed
Encryption Level=Blank"
Is there any way to read this pdf file?
Jamel, would it be OK for me to send you the file so you can work
with it? If so, what is your email address?
Thanks for any help you can give me as the file is one of my
churches newsletters.
Bob
--
Regards,
Manish
http://iaccessible.blogspot.com
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