[nabs-l] Fwd: PDF to TXT 3.2 released

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi all,

The only catch is that it's hard to get Kurzweil to find PDF's in the
file list. I've always done it by going into My Computer, pointing to
the PDF and going to File, Open With and then Kurzweil.

Arielle

On 3/4/09, sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca <sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca> wrote:
> Hi Courtney,
> If you have the image file as a pdf on your computer, open Kurzweil
> and then open the file. It will start "scanning and recognizing" as it
> would had you scanned the file manually. I'm not sure if it would work
> for jpg or other formats, but it might be worth trying.
> Hope this helps,
> Sarah
>
> Quoting Linda Stover <liamskitten at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Speaking of reading image PDFs with Kurzweil, how would one do so?  I
>> vaguely remember this being discussed before, but haven't been
>> successful in finding a reference in the list archives.
>> Courtney
>>
>> On 3/3/09, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if the PDF to TXT software will convert  scanned
>>> (image) PDF's, or just PDF's created in Adobe directly?
>>>
>>> I am asking this because, as many of us know, it is much more
>>> difficult to read a scanned PDF than a directly generated one without
>>> using Kurzweil, Open Book or other specialized software.
>>>
>>> Arielle
>>>
>>> On 3/1/09, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:20:23 -0500 (EST)
>>>>> From: Jamal Mazrui <empower at smart.net>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe
>>>>>
>>>>> PDF to TXT
>>>>> Version 3.2
>>>>> February 28, 2009
>>>>>
>>>>> This version adds the ability to convert from PDF to HTML format via a
>>>>> new
>>>>> checkbox called Extra HTML (which may be invoked with Alt+X).  If
>>>>> checked,
>>>>> a .htm target file is produced in addition to the .txt one.  A
>>>>> different
>>>>> conversion technique is used, originally posted at
>>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/pdf2htm.zip
>>>>>
>>>>> This option may be worth trying if the .txt result is unsatisfactory.
>>>>> It
>>>>> may also be useful for webmasters who want to post AN HTML alternative
>>>>> to
>>>>> a PDF.  The conversion translates visual aspects of the PDF such as
>>>>> fonts,
>>>>> but not structural elements such as headings, unfortunately.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jamal
>>>>
>>>>
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