no offence guys, but, is this not a list wherebye we can discuss not only speakup related issues but linux related issues as well? And as far as I can see, this is a valid discussion thread. Let's not forget that we're all here to help one another out whereever possible. Thanks for putting up with my gripe. On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Yvonne Smith wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Shaun Oliver. "We realize we have a problem with communication. However, we're not going to discuss it with our staff." email: shauno at goanna.net.au ICQ: 76958435
