What are the alternatives to
pandoc? I'm looking for tools that will allow me to maintain a large document in a simple plain text format such as markdown and compile it to PDF and HTML.
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posted by caek
on Apr 30, 2008 -
6 answers
Wave to Text? How can I convert .wav files to text free or cheap? Vonage charges $.25 (each) to convert voicemails to text then SMS them to me. I'd like to do it for free.
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posted by TheDukeofLancaster
on Apr 8, 2008 -
13 answers
How do I set up a business in Canada that charges monthly fees (or per use) to send text messages to people?
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posted by imaswinger
on Apr 3, 2008 -
5 answers
I want to build a web page with expandable sections of text which default to not being expanded. Unfortunately, I'm a total javascript newbie. The way they did it here is pretty close to what I'd want (scroll to "anatomical focus"): http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/863 ....Is it possible (or, for that matter, ethical) to somehow grab the javascript they used? Alternatively, are there generic freeware scripts anywhere that do something similar? If there were any such repository with a variety of javascripts that do this slightly different ways, even better. If it's newbie friendly, even better still! Thanks!
posted by jimmyjimjim
on Mar 29, 2008 -
10 answers
I am in need of a server-side Linux or Unix-based software solution that will sort uploaded PDF files that can be PDF-native (that is, created in such a way that the text in the PDF is freely copyable), PDFs with embedded text over images (usually the result of a previous OCR job), and PDF-scanned, which are PDFs containing no text, only scanned images. The PDF-native files and PDFs with embedded text it will extract text from, the PDF-scanned files it will then OCR and export that text.
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posted by Mo Nickels
on Mar 17, 2008 -
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When I print from Word 2004 (Mac), the character spacing is slightly off, but definitely noticeable. Random letters in random words will be closer or further apart than other letters. This happens when I print to a PDF or physically print a document, but not in the regular Word display. What's going on?
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posted by wsquared
on Feb 19, 2008 -
4 answers
Is there a plugin/extension/script for Firefox that automatically resizes text columns to make them a comfortable width to read?
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posted by primer_dimer
on Feb 8, 2008 -
3 answers
I'm looking for a file browsing and HTML- and media-viewing interface that can be set up on a Mac OS X machine locally and accessed through a web browser. Remote access not necessary; I'm just looking for a local interface.
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posted by WCityMike
on Feb 7, 2008 -
6 answers
Does anyone know the incoming syntax/format for Primus Canada's cell incoming text messaging addresses?
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posted by iTristan
on Feb 1, 2008 -
7 answers
What is the name of the website that allows you to upload mp3's to its site, converts them to ringtone format, and then text messages them to your phone for free (after a delay) or immediately (for a donation)?
posted by Maia
on Jan 26, 2008 -
9 answers
Rumi poems online -- with both the original text and the English translation -- that would tell me how to speak his original texts? I would need either English transliterations (spelling in western alphabet of his original texts, with some way to know which syllable to accent) or an audio file of someone speaking them. Does this exist?
posted by lorimer
on Jan 18, 2008 -
2 answers
Is there a Windows screensaver that animates text of inspirational quotes (allows me to add my own quotes)?
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posted by agrandy
on Jan 12, 2008 -
6 answers
Soon I will be able to get a new cell phone on my contract with Verizon. My current phone, a Samsung A930 is a clamshell style, and it doesn't display whether or not I have a text message when it's shut. Are there any phones out there of the clamshell design that display a small envelope or other symbol on the external display?
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posted by cjorgensen
on Jan 1, 2008 -
15 answers
I'm writing a letter to the adult children of a poet who died in the 90s, asking them for permission to use their mother's writing as part of a creative project I'm doing (experimental audio/video).
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posted by allterrainbrain
on Dec 12, 2007 -
5 answers
Some
web pages with
a lot of
text seem to load slowly, even over broadband, and especially when compared to the bandwidth streaming video uses, I don't understand why. Can somebody explain? (Warning: Those links load slowly.)
posted by cgc373
on Nov 25, 2007 -
14 answers
How do I make the outside text flow around a text box in Microsoft Word? Right now the text box is sitting on top of the text it's supposed to accompany. I know this is a waste of a question, but I'm in a rush and need to do this today.
posted by Ollie
on Oct 17, 2007 -
3 answers
I'm aware this might be really obvious, but I need a quick answer - why are my gmail messages suddenly also coming to me in text messages on my cell?
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posted by Ash3000
on Sep 13, 2007 -
8 answers
How can I extract the font and color information from an *Illustrator* file's paragraph styles and character styles? An ordered plain-text list would be great, coded CSS based on style names even greater.
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posted by pinto
on Aug 29, 2007 -
1 answer
How can I forward text messages with attachments from my phone to an email? (not the other way around)
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posted by Big_B
on Jul 30, 2007 -
7 answers
so, i have a Gmail account, and have a filter that forwards specific emails to my phone via text message (__________@vtext.com). Only problem is, character limit! Is there some service that I can forward these emails to that will then split them up into text-message-sized bits to be forwarded to my phone?
posted by Gregamell
on Jul 17, 2007 -
6 answers
Now that I have unlimited SMS (text messages) on my cell phone, what cool things can I do?
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posted by niles
on Jul 10, 2007 -
27 answers
How do I make a web address written in text automatically convert into a clickable hyperlink in firefox?
posted by 6am
on Jul 5, 2007 -
4 answers
ComputerScienceFilter: What algorithms or existing programs out there are good for searching files with conversation? Say I had the transcripts of every single AOL chatroom conversation. What algorithm would find dialogs about oranges if I searched for "oranges" and rank them according to relevance?
posted by lpctstr;
on Jun 25, 2007 -
16 answers
Can anyone recommend some easy HTML editing and uploading tools for a mac? (ftp, text editor)
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posted by handee
on Jun 14, 2007 -
21 answers
I'm looking for a method or application that will create a list of unique words in a large text document (a Word document, currently, but can be changed to accommodate another format).
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posted by qwip
on Jun 4, 2007 -
20 answers
MS Excel help, please. I'm creating a multi-sheet workbook, and cells on one sheet will contain the same text as cells on another sheet. Is there a way I can avoid having to enter the text on each sheet? Is there a function that will automatically copy text from a cell on one sheet to a cell on another sheet?
posted by msacheson
on May 15, 2007 -
7 answers
Are there any software packages or toolkits (preferably open source) available that allow me to automatically extract graphical content (such as pictures, diagrams, graphs, etc.) from batches of PDFs?
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posted by elbaso
on May 9, 2007 -
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I would like to automatically generate hypertext links from a list of text. Ideally this would mean pasting a series of comma separated words into some online tool and having the system turn each word into a relevant google/wikipedia link... Does anyone know any sites/tools that will do this?
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posted by 0bvious
on May 4, 2007 -
8 answers
Which programming language can I learn relatively quickly for simple interpretation and manipulation of text files on my Windows box?
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posted by poweredbybeard
on Apr 12, 2007 -
28 answers
Like most of you, I do a lot of reading online, but notice that some websites default the font size to a teeny, weeny size. I'd like to read these sites at a larger font size, but when I change the default in FF, from say 16 to 18, some pages don't display optimally (text is cut off by images, I need to scroll right to read, etc.)
I believe GreaseMonkey can fix this so that the pages will read better at a larger size, but that's just a guess and I'm not sure how to use it. Any tutorials out there?
posted by zardoz
on Apr 3, 2007 -
10 answers
What is the best / cheapest / most reliable Email to SMS service? I want to find out when certain people email me (friends, family, work colleagues), ignoring the spam or the newletters.
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posted by philsi
on Mar 26, 2007 -
7 answers
How can I convert a Dynatext book (with SGML exporting capabilities) to something that can be viewed on a web server ?
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posted by vincentm
on Mar 21, 2007 -
4 answers
