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Show HN: Pdftotext.org
- sigvef 12y agoI made this to practice running microsites on the cheap, with all that it entails (SEO, analytics, testing, etc). All the business logic is done client-side, so that the page can be hosted for free using GitHub pages. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
- walterbell 12y agoMaybe add some warning text that it only works for pre-existing text in a PDF, i.e no OCR for PDFs which consist of images.
- padraic7a 12y agoThis does work impressively fast until you realise that it isn't doing any OCR, as parent comment points out. The site also throws up a certificate error which might make some people nervous; "Technical Details: pdftotext.org uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is only valid for the following names: www.github.com, .github.com, .github.io, *.githubusercontent.com " I think if you put a note on the site explaining what you are trying to do [practice running microsites on the cheap etc] that visitors would be reassured.
- sigvef 12y agoThat's interesting, I haven't considered certificates at all. Where are you getting these errors? My intention was to serve pdftotext.org strictly over plain old http. Are you using HTTPS Everywhere or similar?
- padraic7a 12y agoI'm not using it on this pc - I get the error after clicking on the link on the bottom left hand side of the page.
- iqonik 12y agoThank you, I have bookmarked this for when I don't have a PDF reader installed. Also, we currently render PDF's as images for clients to view (in their browser), this works well on a desktop but not on mobile. I am wondering if the solution may be to display a text version to mobile devices!