From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16QDD8-0005U6-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:56:02 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g0EJtVQ00439 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:55:31 -0600 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:55:31 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Problems with pdf files. Message-ID: <20020114135531.A414@uic.edu> References: <01a501c19cdb$d6205aa0$0100a8c0@tward> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01a501c19cdb$d6205aa0$0100a8c0@tward>; from tward@bright.net on Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 04:14:13AM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 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: Yeah, the files are encrypted. If you run ps2ascii, it will spit the file back out too, but will give the URL where you can get the patch to ps2ascii/pdftotext to try to decrypt the files. I've had mixed results with it myself. Greg On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 04:14:13AM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi, list. Have a problem here. It is with the pdf files I have. > > some pdf files will convert with no problem using pdftotext, but I have some > Linux books from Sam's which simply will not convert. Trying to do so in > Adobe Acrobat Reader didn't help. > when I inquired about it Sam's said they did that for copy protection. Is > there anyway to force a pdf file into text when it has been secured? > > I'm getting frustrated because although Sam's will give me ebooks they > insist on pdf format only. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup