> 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 :-)