Re: [orca-list] Powerpoint presentations

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Does pdftotext preserve layout elements?  Things like tables and such?

Alex M



-----Original Message-----
From: Albert Sten-Clanton [mailto:albert e sten_clanton verizon net] 
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 1:53 PM
To: 'Alex Midence'; 'Krishnakant Mane'; 'Daniel Dalton'
Cc: orca-list gnome org
Subject: RE: [orca-list] Powerpoint presentations

I've done well lately using pdftotext.  As far as I know, it is free
software.  Sometimes the documents I convert with pdftotext read better than
the ones we create using Adobe on this Windows box.

If your comment is aimed more narrowly, at life in GUI land, then I'm not
qualified to assess it.  Or, let me know if I've misunderstood your meaning.

Al 

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Alex
Midence
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 2:02 PM
To: 'Krishnakant Mane'; 'Daniel Dalton'
Cc: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Powerpoint presentations

Powerpoint is not pointless.  If you are the one creating the presentation,
yes, you can use alternatives.  If, on the other hand, you have to access
one created by someone else and that person chose powerpoint, you can't fall
back on Beamer.  He doesn't want to create powerpoints, he wants to read
them.  Beamer is useless to him for this.

Also, PDF's are quite accessible---With proprietary tools.  Free software
solutions have yet to make them accessible to us in Linux.  I understand ...
it's being looked into and, eventually, in the fullness of time, someone may
get it right.  Possibly.  Maybe.  I think. 

But, if he uses his Windows VM with Jaws, he can  access both the powerpoint
and the pdf quite nicely and right now.

Thanks.
Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of
Krishnakant Mane
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:41 AM
To: Daniel Dalton
Cc: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Powerpoint presentations

One more problem is the pdf accessibility.
Else, LaTeX beamer is the best presentation tool I have ever seen.
It really makes a certain proprietary tool "powerless and pointless ".
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
On 03/15/2013 06:53 PM, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to be able to read powerpoint presentations.
>
> Usually, I just convert to html with unoconv and it works pretty well. 
> However, I've noticed this doesn't work for tables or text boxes.
>
> Libreoffice impress doesn't seem to work overly well with orca (or am 
> I missing something)?
> The only methods I have currently are to export the presentation to 
> pdf and then convert the pdf back to text (kind of messy). Or just 
> read the powerpoint inside my windows vm with jaws (again not good).
>
> Does anyone have any better ideas how to access these presentations - 
> heavy on tables and text boxes.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Daniel
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