Transcript contains Python programs whose job is to transcribe PDF into sematic HTML.
- transcript.py
- Get semantic HTML from PDFs converted by pdf2htmlEX.
- ttf.py
- Recover lost text from PDFs where characters are nothing more than images of themselves.
- pdf2html.py
- Batch process a folder full of PDFs ready for transcript.py
Read the docstrings for more information.
- before http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/875315/urn/100006.pdf
- after http://schooletc.co.uk/report/96989#reports
Get Python 3 installed along with latest pdf2htmlEX. e.g. with Homebrew:
brew install python3 pdf2htmlEX
Install lxml under python3 pip3 install lxml or just run the following and get freetype-py too.
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Configure your project path in config.py most importantly the DATA_DIR on top.
This can be any folder let's say /Users/[your username]/Desktop/transcript-data.
Go ahead create it.
Your DATA_DIR should end up containing 3 folders: PDF, HTML and HTM if you otherwise stick with default configuration. Create a 'PDF' folder inside and drop your PDFs there.
- PDF is a folder where your PDFs are.
- HTML is where pdf2htmlEX output (non-semantic HTML) ends up after running
./pdf2html.py, which just runs pdf2htmlEX with suitable options. - HTM is the final destination where semantic HTML gets born after running
./transcript.py.
./pdf2html.py
./transcript.py
When you change configuration within ./transcript.py or tweak some code.
You only need to run ./transcript.py
If you want to use Transcript to develop and run commercial projects and applications, the Commercial license is the appropriate license. With this option, your source code is kept proprietary.
Once purchased, you will be granted a commercial BSD style license and all set to use Transcript in your business.
Small Team License (£1200) Small Team License for up to 8 developers
Organization License (£3200) Commercial Organization License for Unlimited developers
If you are creating an open source application under a license compatible with the GNU GPL license v3, you may use Transcript under the terms of the GPLv3.