To turn pdf or ps files into plain ascii text, try ps2ascii. See "man ps2ascii" for details. This works grate with unencrypted pdf files. There is a patch for it to deal with the encrypted ones, but I have not had luck with it. Greg On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 10:39:27PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi, list. I have a number of documents in ps and pdf format. I was wondering > if there are any good Linux tools I can use to turn them into a text file so > I can read them under Linux so I don't have to depend on that piece of junk > Acrobat Reader for Windows. I hate acrobat, and I am sure everyone on this > list feels the same way. It's a pain where a pill won't reach. > So if anyone has any advice please let me know. Thanks. > > > PS > Please give some brief discription of the command on how this conversion is > achieved. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
