Comments on: Bulk converting doc files into txt (or html) http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/ > From inner thoughts to the outer limits of Alexandre Rafalovitch Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: DrNI http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/comment-page-1/#comment-1718 DrNI Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:50:45 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/#comment-1718 You could have simply used antiword on the command line. The SVN version of the Web as Corpus ToolKit (WaC TK) includes a module that utilizes antiword to include DOC documents into a corpus. You could have simply used antiword on the command line. The SVN version of the Web as Corpus ToolKit (WaC TK) includes a module that utilizes antiword to include DOC documents into a corpus.

]]> By: whist http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/comment-page-1/#comment-291 whist Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:21:09 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/#comment-291 I had a similar problem a few years ago. I finally managed to write a delphi pascal program that could convert doc to txt. But it was very slow and had to be baby-sitted (sat?). It's a perennial problems for corpus building. I had a similar problem a few years ago. I finally managed to write a delphi pascal program that could convert doc to txt. But it was very slow and had to be baby-sitted (sat?). It’s a perennial problems for corpus building.

]]> By: Alexandre Rafalovitch http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Alexandre Rafalovitch Wed, 28 May 2008 12:05:09 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/#comment-288 Thanks Alex, I never actually installed Google Desktop (not that I totally distrust Google or anything), so haven't seen those tools. But it is good to know they exist (or is it now 'existed'?). Thanks Alex,

I never actually installed Google Desktop (not that I totally distrust Google or anything), so haven’t seen those tools. But it is good to know they exist (or is it now ‘existed’?).

]]> By: Alex Jaculin http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Alex Jaculin Wed, 21 May 2008 10:54:55 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/#comment-289 Once upon the time there was a pretty good tool in the installation of Google Desktop (pdf2txt, ppt2txt, etc). Once upon the time there was a pretty good tool in the installation of Google Desktop (pdf2txt, ppt2txt, etc).

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