A lot of people have big issues converting files from PDF format to any other format. Today, I wanted to run through converter programs which change PDF files to JPG (image) files for both Mac and PC.
Zamzar
Zamzar is probably the most well known file conversion site. The process is simplicity personified: Choose the file to convert then choose the format to convert to (e.g. JPG) then enter your email address to receive the converted file then convert. The minuses with the free service are that the file size is limited to 100MB with just 5 simultaneous conversions. Also, you might feel a wee bit uneasy uploading sensitive data without encryption support.
YouConvertIt
YouConvertIt is a new site that lets you upload 5 files at a time and then convert them from PDF to JPG format.
Neevia Document Converter
Neevia Technology has a web interface which facilitates the conversion of PDF documents to image files. Select the conversion settings and upload your file. The converted file can be rendered in the browser or can be downloaded via an email link. Two dropdowns further give you control over image quality and resolution. The only visible restriction is the 1MB file upload size limit.
If you are wary of uploading sensitive files over the net, you need to look beyond the online solutions to something much more local. Thankfully these three pieces of free software take up the task.
PDF-Xchange Viewer
PDF-Xchange Viewer is a light feature-rich PDF document reader. The free version of the software is a capable document handler with most of the standard features expected. Add comments and annotations, mark-up pages with texts and objects, type within the PDF document along with plug-ins for both IE and Firefox are also included.
But the feature which interests us is the ability of the software to export a file or a page to the supported image formats like JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG and more.
Open the PDF file in the viewer, click on File – Export to Image and the dialog opens up where you can set the pages to convert, the image type to convert to and the destination folder. More importantly, the ‘Export Mode’ setting allows you to designate the number of image files for the subject PDF file. The ‘Page Zoom’, ‘Resolution’ and ‘Page Background’ also allow added finishing touches.
Many people prefer to listen to articles instead of reading them. There are some of them who may have a weak eye sight vision or probably it gets really boring when you have to read all those long essays and stuff.
Fortunately, there are tons of websites out there which can convert text into voice within a matter of seconds. Here’s a list of some of the best you can use right away.
iSpeech is a free web service that allows you to convert your text to voice and gives you an option to preview/download it. You can even put an embedded code on your website so that whenever anybody comes on your website on a specific post, their widget will automatically start reading the post for the visitor.
Voz Me is another text to speech free online utility. Voz Me allows the user to save the text as an mp3 file. All you have to do is enter your text in the content box and click “create mp3″. It will create mp3 of the text and give you an option to listen or download it.
SpokenText is a Firefox add on that not only allows you to covert your text to voice but it also gives you an option to record English, French and German PDF, Word, Txt files, Powerpoint files, Rss Feed, emails and websites automatically. Spoken Text is a great service if your always on the go and have have little time to read and catch up with your favorite sites
Like any other web serivce Yakitome also allows you to easily convert text files into downloadable Mp3/Wav files. Using this free web service you can listen to work documents, homework, PowerPoint presentations, emails, RSS feeds, blogs and novels. It can speak multiple languages like English, Spanish, French, German.
If you are tired of reading RSS feed content, then BlogBard is what you need. With BlogBard you can turn any news/feed to a personalized radio. You can even integrate it with your blog using a widget. You can listen to your favorite blogs on your iPod and your phone or listen to blogs in your Google Reader, or Bloglines account, by logging in through our website.
Grab Tube’s Converter is a free online application which allows you to download videos from any URL including YouTube and then convert it to other formats. It can also convert from one media format to another after loading the file. This free online service allows you to convert FLV (YouTube), AVI (Windows Video), 3GP (cell phones video), MP4 (Mac + Windows) files to any of the following formats- MP3 (digital audio files), MP4, FLV, 3GP, MPG(MPEG) and AVI.
GrabTube converter allows you to upload file size of maximum upto 20MB and the video formats supported for upload are .flv, .mp4, .3gp, .avi. The service also allows you to download the videos from YouTube by specifying the URL.
The possible modes of conversion using this tool are;
- FLV to MP3
- FLV to MP4
- FLV to AVI (to the most popular video format)
- FLV to MPG [MPEG] (Flash video to MPEG /downloadable movies/)
- FLV to 3GP (to watch YouTube videos on your cell phone /beta 2.0/)
- MP4 to 3GP (PC/Mac video to mobile video)
- MP4 to MP3 (to get a ringtone)
- MP4 to FLV (to upload your video on some website)
- MP4 to AVI (some old video players can play only AVI files)
- MP4 to MPG [MPEG]
- 3GP to MP3 (mobile video -> ringtone)
- 3GP to MP4 (mobile video -> MAC/PC video)
- 3GP to FLV (mobile video -> Flash)
- 3GP to AVI (mobile video -> PC video)
- 3GP to MPG [MPEG] (mobile video -> downloadable video)
- AVI to MP3 (to get a ringtone)
- AVI to MP4 (PC video -> MAC video)
- AVI to FLV (PC video -> Flash)
- AVI to 3GP (PC video -> mobile video)
- AVI to MPG
The service is totally free of cost and the only restriction is the file size, which is maximum of 20MB.
Zamzar a free online file coversions service has launched and allows customers the ability to covert your documents (.doc, PDF and .txt files) into MP3 online for free. Thus, this software basically allows you to convert documents into speech. The document files are converted to MP3 format, so that you can play them on your portable audio devices as well. This is indeed a very useful feature for visually impaired people.
The full list of supported files which you can convert into mp3 are;
- doc – Microsoft Word Document
- docx – Microsoft Word 2007 Document
- odt – OpenDocument Text Document
- pdf – Portable Document Format
- pub – Microsoft Publisher
- txt – Plain Text document
- wpd – Wordperfect Document
- wps – Microsoft Works Document
The steps for converting are very simple, all you need is to select the document file from your PC, select MP3 format and the enter your email address. Once the file is converted, you will receive a mail from Zamzar.
