iText can't help you there. There are some free tools that can extract text from pdfs like xpdf.
--- John Kendall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am considering using itext but I am not sure it > can do what I want it to. > I represent a voluntary historical society which > publishes transcriptions > of archives online (search.fibis.org). We want to > publish digitised > documents which the public can search as well. We > currently have been > donated some C19th directories which nave been > scanned as a mono PDF - fully > searchable. What I want to do is put that onto the > site and allow people to > search it with the relevant page being returned to > user's browser - rather > like what is done at www.historicaldirectories.org. > > Is this going to be possible with itext. > > Any advice gratefully received. > > Thanks > > John > > > John Kendall > http://www.jkaywebdesign.com > http://www.kendall-family.org > http://www.indian-cemeteries.org > Preserving information for future access > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
