[Athen] [EXT] Favorite PDF to HTML converter

[Andrea L. Dietrich]

There's Calibre, which is a free ebook converter -- it will do PDF to LOTS of other formats, including .docx (which means if you aren't having luck converting directly to HTML you could probably clean up with Word and then make an HTML from that.)

https://calibre-ebook.com/

There's also a discussion forum where the creator of the software answers questions, and he's EXTREMELY responsive. I can't speak to the quality of HTML directly from PDF because I've only used it for other formats, but I know it's possible.

-Andi :)

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Hi all,

Please reply to the list - We're also trying to move campus away from PDFs for sharing basic information that would be better in HTML format...

Thank you,
Dawn

Dawn Hunziker
IT Accessibility Consultant, Sr. | Disability Resources The University of Arizona | hunziker at arizona.edu drc.arizona.edu | itaccessibility.arizona.edu
520-626-9409

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Hi All,

We're actively encouraging folks to choose HTML over PDF, which in many cases means converting existing PDFs into HTML. To support that, does anyone have a favorite PDF to HTML converter?  A Google search reveals a few zillion choices, and I'm afraid to try most of them as doing so could be a spyware risk.

I know we can Save As > Other > HTML from Adobe Acrobat, but the output is less than ideal.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Terrill

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Terrill Thompson
Manager, IT Accessibility Team
UW-IT Accessible Technology Services
University of Washington
tft at uw.edu
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