Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-16 Thread Ian Robinson
Hi Karen, Thank you for suggesting the RoboBraille email conversion service. I’ve just used it on a pdf file and, so far, the text file seems really good. thanks. Ian > On 14 May 2024, at 22:13, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Donna, > Why not send the files to robobraille? > http://www.robobrail

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-14 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
That’s good to hear. Thanks, Karen. Donna > On May 14, 2024, at 7:02 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi Donna, > Speaking personally, rtf or txt will fair better. > That is likely because of the different flavors of word, and the goal of > robobraille to get items to the simplest format. > H

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-14 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Donna, Speaking personally, rtf or txt will fair better. That is likely because of the different flavors of word, and the goal of robobraille to get items to the simplest format. Hope that resonates, Karen On Tue, 14 May 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Thanks Robert and

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-14 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Thanks Robert and Karen. Robobraille is an interesting suggestion that hadn’t occurred to me. I own Duxbury, so I’ve never used it before. I just tried a sample file. It wasn’t problem free, but I chose to convert it to Word. When I opened it in Pages, Pages inserted text boxes, which made

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-14 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
OK, so now I feel like an idiot for missing the obvious. Lol. Yes, I do have it, I just never use it for that purpose. Thank you for the reminder. Donna > On May 14, 2024, at 3:41 PM, Ian Robinson wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > Do you by any chance have Voice Dream Reader? If so, you may be able t

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-14 Thread Karen Lewellen
Donna, Why not send the files to robobraille? www.robobraille.org via an email address, conv...@robobraille.org the pdf files can be converted to text in a matter of moments. You also support a service providing this service in many formats and language around the world...and its free. Cheers,

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-14 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Its been years since I used this, but Try https://www.robobraille.org or email file to conv...@robobraille.org On 5/14/2024 12:40 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all, While I’m in Italy, I’ll be taking language classes. I may have a need to convert pdfs to text, and

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-14 Thread Ian Robinson
Hi Donna, Do you by any chance have Voice Dream Reader? If so, you may be able to use it to export the text. Open the pdf file in VDR, then go to the Document menu and choose “Export All Text” >From the Share Sheet, choose “Save to Files”. How readable the text version is might depend on how t

Re: Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-14 Thread Nebojsa Tasic
There are many online converters. On 5/14/2024 6:40 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all, While I’m in Italy, I’ll be taking language classes. I may have a need to convert pdfs to text, and I’m hoping to do it on either my phone or my iPad. Anyone have a recommendation for a

Convert PDF to txt on iPhone or iPad?

2024-05-14 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, While I’m in Italy, I’ll be taking language classes. I may have a need to convert pdfs to text, and I’m hoping to do it on either my phone or my iPad. Anyone have a recommendation for an app that will do this? I know ABBYY will, but it seems kind of like overkill. Cheers, Donna --