On 10/30/24 10:12 AM, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
Richard Owlett <rowl...@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.foodpl...@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 hadn't been to that page recently. I had taken "technical inquiries"
to refer to nutritional issues. Having recently explored "PDF to text"
tools, I can comment on format changes that would improve things. At the
same time I can ask how to order a printed copy.
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.
Debian 12 comes with Firefox 115.14.0esr(64-bit). The site reports it as
"unsupported" and recommends switching to Firefox ;/
I've never used chat. I'll see if local library has a compatible
browser. Then I can determine if chat is worth the upgrade hassle.
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?
It didn't. It was last link on page that had led me to gitter.
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 :(
