blog: PDF extraction riddle solved

[nikos]

here's the comment area for today's blog post found at
http://zabkat.com/blog/adobe-ifilter-exposed.htm

[Tuxman]

The proprietary PDF should be deprecated. It's time for a new, better exchange format IMO.

[gufus]

here's the comment area for today's blog post found at
http://zabkat.com/blog/adobe-ifilter-exposed.htm

Thats why I still use Adobe Reader v9.5.5 (It works with X2)

Works with CutePDF, and much more...

[nikos]

I am also using v9.x on windows 7 but I tried the older filter DLL on windows 8 and it no longer worked. Perhaps if one installs the whole reader v9.x package it will work (?)

[IainB]

Very interesting post, thanks.
I think I shall boycott Adobe products after reading that.

[gufus]

I am also using v9.x on windows 7 but I tried the older filter DLL on windows 8 and it no longer worked. Perhaps if one installs the whole reader v9.x package it will work (?)

It's worth a try if you stay with W8 and Adobe reader.

My self, I'm happy with W7, I got every thing working.

[Carlos]

As a blind user I like to be able to have PDF's as text because they are easier to read/understand. So, it is hard to read what Adobe Reader converts from PDF to text! After reading this, now I understand that the conversion process is bad on purpose! But, I am not a programmer and can't make use of the code in this post. So, I will keep on looking for software that will convert PDF's to text.

[Tuxman]

Two years later, talking about PDFs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub5G_t-gUBc

That's neat.