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.TH PDF2BRL "1" "January 2014" "pdf2brl 2.4.0" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pdf2brl \- Translate a PDF file into an embosser-ready Braille file.
.SH DESCRIPTION
pdf2brl [options] infile outfile
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
Print this message
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Print version information
.PP
Infile must be a pdf file. The script first calls the `pdftotext'
program, so you must have this installed on your machine. It is part
of xpdf. `pdftotext' is called with the '\-raw' and '\-' options, which
cause it to place its output on stdout. This is piped to `xml2brl',
which is called with the '\-p' option, since output from `pdftotext' is
likely to be poorly formatted. The output file from `xml2brl' is
mostly in sensible paragraphs.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by John J. Boyer
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004\-2009 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.
.br
Copyright \(co 2007,2009 JJB Software, Inc.
License LGPL: GNU LGPL <http://gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B pdf2brl
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B pdf2brl
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info liblouisxml
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.