PDF to Text Conversion

limnephilidae · 06-25-2003, 11:08 AM

I am currently working on an open source project called GOOP. GOOP chews up documents and other text forms in order to create metadata. This metadata is compared and shared over a P2P network (via JXTA) and the GOOP application automatically performs data comparisons (via the metadata) with nodes that it encounters. PDF files present a challenge because I need some way to convert them to text so an access them with GOOP.

What I need: An open source script or binary to convert PDF files to text. I would love it if it was in Java but at this point I'll take anything.

Many thanks to any and all who can help.....

Lim.

goop.jxta.org

Bigun · 06-25-2003, 11:25 AM

You might wanna see about posting in the programmer's forum...

Vlad_M · 06-25-2003, 12:36 PM

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Originally posted by limnephilidae
I am currently working on an open source project called GOOP. GOOP chews up documents and other text forms in order to create metadata. This metadata is compared and shared over a P2P network (via JXTA) and the GOOP application automatically performs data comparisons (via the metadata) with nodes that it encounters. PDF files present a challenge because I need some way to convert them to text so an access them with GOOP.

What I need: An open source script or binary to convert PDF files to text. I would love it if it was in Java but at this point I'll take anything.

Many thanks to any and all who can help.....

Lim.

goop.jxta.org

I am scratching deep in my brain now, but I think that a TeX distribution comes with a lot of pdf2xxx tools, so I am guessing that you should install that and give it a try.