Re: [orca-list] Powerpoint presentations

[Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com>]

I am going to convert a big book called thinking in Java from pdf to text.
Let's see how best it comes out.
But I am sure that a ppt file converted to pdf and then to text might 
not work well.
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
On 03/16/2013 02:08 AM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> It does some, though I don't know how much.  The -layout option (or 
> parameter or whatever) helped me get nice-looking copies of several 
> documents, including a monstrous Intel manual.  It was learning about 
> this option that prompted my recent use of pdftotext, since earlier 
> tries with it hadn't given me results I liked.  I have no idea how 
> well it would work with something that started out as a PowerPoint 
> document, though.
>
> Al
>
> On 03/15/2013 04:15 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > 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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