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Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

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Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
> I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that 
> seems to be only available as a PDF document [ 
> https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf 
> ].

No direct answers from me, I'm afraid but some suggestions.

(1) Although I've only found the document as a PDF, a page it is
linked from <https://www.fns.usda.gov/research/cnpp/usda-food-plans>
gives an email address FNS.FoodPlans@usda.gov for "technical
inquiries". I'd guess your questions fall under that description, and
the US gov is fairly good on accessibility issues, so you might be able
to resolve your issue there.

> I have a combination of vision and perception problems which make
> using a PDF viewer impractical. pdf2txt can convert it to HTML. It's
> still not easily usable for me but examining the produced file and
> reading various pdfminer.six web pages suggest possible solution.
> 
> [ https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
> [ points readers to a chat group at gitter [ 
> https://gitter.im/pdfminer-six/Lobby ]. That comes up blank page in 
> current SeaMonkey configured for my needs..

(2) The chat group comes up fine for me in FF 128.4.0esr (64-bit) once I
enable javascript. It uses the element framework, which may give you
some hints as to how you might access it.
 
> I'm looking for a mailing list or USENET forum where my questions
> would be On Topic.

(3) Presumably as well as the github site, you've also found its
documentation at https://pdfminersix.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Maybe
that will answer some questions?

> Suggestions?
> TIA

(4) It seems Pieter Marsman (pietermarsman) is active on gitter and may
be the best developer to contact for further information, but I've no
idea how :(

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Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-10-30 11:00 +0100
  Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-10-30 16:20 +0100
    Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-10-31 12:10 +0100
      Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2024-10-31 14:20 +0100
        Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-10-31 15:10 +0100
          Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2024-10-31 23:10 +0100
  Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-30 17:00 +0100
    Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-10-30 19:00 +0100
      Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-30 21:50 +0100
    Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-10-31 12:20 +0100
      Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-11-01 16:00 +0100

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