[Hidden-tech] Looking for GOOD pdf-to-text converter = PDFTextStream

Linda Taylor lintaylor at verizon.net
Sat Dec 23 10:23:35 EST 2006


Thanks Chas,

I wasn't the person who  asked about PDF-to-text conversion but it  
just so happens it is exactly what I need right now. An important  
document was corrupted as were the backups and all I had was a PDF.  
This worked great and saves me tons of time. Great product.




Linda Taylor
Taylor Graphics
413-628-3959
lintaylor at verizon.net



On Dec 22, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Chas Emerick wrote:

>   ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee.
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>
>
> Indeed, PDF content extraction is one of our specialties.  That's  
> what PDFTextStream does (as Michael rightly pointed out), and  
> people often come to us when they've strained the abilities of free  
> or cheap tools past the breaking point.
>
> In addition to the downloads we offer, you can get a *glimpse* of  
> PDFTextStream's functionality at the online demo site, which  
> requires no downloads thanks to its AJAX-y browser-based interface:
>
> http://pdftextonline.com
>
> PDFTextStream is available for Java, .NET, or Python, so I'm sure  
> that either you could find someone to script what you need done, or  
> we can put something together for you.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chas Emerick
> Founder, Snowtide Informatics Systems
> Enterprise-class PDF content extraction
>
> cemerick at snowtide.com
> http://snowtide.com | +1 413.519.6365
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Michael McIntosh wrote:
>
>>   ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee.
>>   ** You too can help the group
>>   ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
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>>
>> Hello Mary,
>>
>> It just so happens there is a company in the area named Snowtide
>> Informatics offering a product called PDFTextStream that I think does
>> exactly what you want!
>>
>> The product website is located here:
>>
>> http://snowtide.com/PDFTextStream
>>
>> They offer a trial version of the software so you can try it out  
>> to see
>> if it works for you. Good luck!
>>
>> -Michael McIntosh
>> Senior Search Architect
>> TNR Global, LLC
>>
>> Mary Malmros wrote:
>>>   ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee.
>>>   ** You too can help the group
>>>   ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>>>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>>> Greets, all,
>>> I'm looking for software that can convert PDF to text, and  
>>> ideally that has some options for reformatting or global  
>>> replacement, since what I most often need to do is to break a PDF  
>>> file down into fields and spit out tab-delimited text.  I've been  
>>> using a freeware product that just isn't reliable when big files  
>>> are involved.  Does anyone have something they like for this?
>>> TIA,
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