From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [202.139.184.94] (helo=vimes.thewatch.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15zZZb-0002mE-00 for ; Fri, 02 Nov 2001 03:21:07 -0500 Received: from bursar.thewatch.net (c760.livrp1.nsw.optusnet.com.au [203.164.189.125]) by vimes.thewatch.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54778E3AE for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 19:24:10 +1100 (EST) Received: from yvonne by bursar.thewatch.net with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15zZKd-0002EG-00 for ; Fri, 02 Nov 2001 19:05:39 +1100 From: Yvonne Smith MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15330.21459.377751.980526@bursar.thewatch.net> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 19:05:39 +1100 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ps conversion tools? In-Reply-To: <01110200165301.14000@lightstar> References: <000901c1634f$f9ecdaa0$17128fd1@enterprise> <15330.16965.647622.512284@bursar.thewatch.net> <01110200165301.14000@lightstar> X-Mailer: VM 6.96 under Emacs 20.7.2 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: Jason writes: > Umm..... you seem to be forgetting what mailing list this is :-P > > On Thursday November 01, 2001 11:50 pm, you wrote: > > You guys are right, ghostscript will do it, but in my experience, and > > believe me, I've had more experience at converting files from > > different formats to text than you can possibly imagine, xpdf is > > better for the pdf stuff. It seems to do a whole heck of a lot better > > on the formatting, at least that's what I've noticed. 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.