That is true enough, but many people have one of these programs, and don't know that they can scan a PDF. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Clark" <kcpadfoot@xxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:35 PM Subject: [real-eyes] Re: converting pdf to other formats. Yeah but pdf2txt is free and free sure beats the price of those two programs. Steve Please visit my blog www.blindbites.wordpress.com Please follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/blindbites Text follow blindbites to 40404 in the United States On 12/22/2011 7:20 PM, Glenn wrote: > Open book or Kurzweil will convert it as well. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mitchell D. Lynn"<mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> > To:<real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 12:09 PM > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: converting pdf to other formats. > > > Image PDFs won't convert unless there is some OCR going on as well. There > is > no text to convert if it is an image. I think OmniPage Pro will OCR and > convert image PDFs, but I haven't tried it. Pretty much eliminated PDFs > from > my life for reasons others have given. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of kitty hevener > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:49 AM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: converting pdf to other formats. > > Hi, Andrea > > I tried this service and was not really impressed. I found that I got the > same results from this service as I did when using the "save as text" > option > in the file menu of adobe. I was hoping that it would take a .pdf that > was > an image and convert it to text. No such luck smile!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrea Breier"<abreier@xxxxxxxxx> > To:<real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:08 AM > Subject: [real-eyes] converting pdf to other formats. > > >> I ran on to this and thought some of you here would like to try it out. >> To have PDF files converted to text files free of charge, send an >> email to convert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> It is most convenient to put this address into your address book so >> that it is readily available in mail. On the subject line, specify >> the format you want your file in. So in this case simply type Text. > Attach your PDF >> document into your Mail message. Send your mail and your converted >> file > >> will be emailed to you pretty quickly .. >> >> Hugs, AJ >> >> Recipe for happiness: Live with enthusiasm, smile for no reason, love >> without conditions, act with purpose, listen with your heart, and >> laugh often. >> >> NET SECURITY: When forwarding email messages please consider your >> obligation to erase all names and email addresses. And send the >> message by using BCC (Blind Copy) and you will avoid spammers and >> viruses on the net. >> >> Thank you. >> To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription >> options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes >> >> >> > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes