hold on. discussing this further on the list may put the list in the throws of a sticky mess. we should take this off list but I do want to point out that it is the distributor of the software and the maker of the software who may end up in the slammer in this case. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <tward@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: Re: Problems with pdf files. Great! The US government would toss a blind guy in jail for wanting to simply read a book he paid for, and stand behind a company that refuses to make the book accessible. Rather it is accessible as long as you have Acrobat Reader 5, upgrade to JFW 4.0, and are stuck to the Windows ball in chain. it seams to me people should stop griping about Word documents which can be converted easily, and find out a way to bitch out companies that stick to formats like pdf and won't give a readible copy to the blind. What is the name of the program that the guy made? It is probably out there if a person looks hard enough. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 8:16 AM Subject: Re: Problems with pdf files. > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Thomas Ward wrote: > > 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? > > Well, there was a program written to unsecure the file. But the US > government imprisoned the author for about five months a short while > back. I don't know if you can find the program or not. And if you do, > take heed to the fate of the author (and keep your mouth shut to avoid the > same fate). > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > Nowlan's Theory: > He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from > the next freeway exit. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
