From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net ([207.108.112.1]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15za28-0003nc-00 for ; Fri, 02 Nov 2001 03:50:37 -0500 Received: (qmail 81379 invoked by uid 50); 2 Nov 2001 08:50:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 81354 invoked by uid 0); 2 Nov 2001 08:50:35 -0000 Received: from tcsndslgw4poolc88.tcsn.uswest.net (HELO lightstar) (65.100.97.88) by tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net with SMTP; 2 Nov 2001 08:50:35 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jason To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ps conversion tools? Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 01:50:45 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <000901c1634f$f9ecdaa0$17128fd1@enterprise> <01110200165301.14000@lightstar> <15330.21459.377751.980526@bursar.thewatch.net> In-Reply-To: <15330.21459.377751.980526@bursar.thewatch.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01110201504502.14000@lightstar> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > Umm, no, I didn't forget. Yes it needs the x stuff, I think, but it > works as a command line tool. you just type pdftotext filename and you > get a text file. Believe me, I'm no more capable of using x than you > are. I don't actually know where to get it from, but it is a debian > package. > I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear earlier. well, for one, keep in mind most of my comments are intended to be at least a little bit funny. and actually in my case, I joined this list to find accessibility-conversion projects to join (I'm an OK programmer, BTW), and actually I'd like to do similar work for a living when I'm done with school. after joining I found out that I can at least answer some of the questions posted. my interest in blind-accessiblity issues actually has an interesting (short) story attached to it, but it's not appropriate for this list, but it includes an idea I have for accessibility-enhancing DVD-Videos, here's a hint: mandated DVS won't be very useful without a way to find the menu item that turns it on ;-) anyway, I'm way offtopic, so I'll end here. btw: is there a program like gAIM or everybuddy that runs on a standard console yet? If not I'd love to hack one together :-)