There is also a tool called pdf2html or pdftohtml I am not sure, which can be used from the command line. It has the advantage that it creates a list of links to the different pages of the document and if you want, you can keep any images that were in the document. It uses a variant of xpdf to do the actual work. Regards, Willem On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Trevor Astrope wrote: > I don't think that service exists any longer. The last time I tried to use it, > they said there is no longer a need for the service, as accessibility is now > built into the adobe reader. :( > > pdftotext is the only command line tool I know of. > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Dawes, Stephen wrote: > > > Addobe use to provide a online service that you would provide the pdf to and > > they would send the converted file back in a format of your choice. The > > choices were something like html or text. Take a look arond on > > Access.adobe.com > > To see if the service still exists. > > > > > > > > Stephen Dawes > > > > NOTICE - > > This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity > > named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally > > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person > > responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended > > recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of > > this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly > > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > > us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, > > or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks > > you for your attention and co-operation. > > > > __________________________ > > Sent from my Windows Mobile? phone. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org> > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:19 AM > > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Subject: Re: accessing pdf documents with speakup > > > > Don Raikes, le Mon 11 Aug 2008 10:05:00 -0700, a ?crit : > > > and I don't know of a command-line application which would allow me to > > > read them. > > > > pdftotext, from some poppler package. > > > > Samuel > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.
