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