Re: [Tutor] Library for .ppt to .txt conversion

2014-05-31 Thread Dave Angel
Aaron Misquith Wrote in message: > The only thing i want from the ppt's is text and ignoring all graphical representations. I > need the text to perform various nltk operations. > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Alan Gauld > wrote: >> Bearing in mind that Powerpoint is intended for graph

Re: [Tutor] Library for .ppt to .txt conversion

2014-05-31 Thread Aaron Misquith
The only thing i want from the ppt's is text and ignoring all graphical representations. I need the text to perform various nltk operations. On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 30/05/14 10:41, Aaron Misquith wrote: > >> Like pypdf is used to convert pdf to text; is there an

Re: [Tutor] Library for .ppt to .txt conversion

2014-05-30 Thread Alan Gauld
On 30/05/14 10:41, Aaron Misquith wrote: Like pypdf is used to convert pdf to text; is there any library that is used in converting .ppt files to .txt? Even some sample programs will be helpful. Bearing in mind that Powerpoint is intended for graphical presentations the text elements are not n

Re: [Tutor] Library for .ppt to .txt conversion

2014-05-30 Thread Marc Tompkins
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Aaron Misquith wrote: > Like pypdf is used to convert pdf to text; is there any library that is > used in converting .ppt files to .txt? Even some sample programs will be > helpful. > I suspect you'd need to use PowerPoint itself to do that cleanly; you can defin

[Tutor] Library for .ppt to .txt conversion

2014-05-30 Thread Aaron Misquith
Like pypdf is used to convert pdf to text; is there any library that is used in converting .ppt files to .txt? Even some sample programs will be helpful. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.p