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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:43:59 +0800
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Subject: Re: [SRB] help wanted: scan and analyze your sp services bills
From: Paul Gallagher <gallagher.p...@gmail.com>
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hola Bas.

sorry, no I haven't found a gem for that. I was looking for something
similar in order to redact my SP Services bills so I could add them as
samples without leaking PI, but I didn't find anything that quite met my
needs (which was specifically to substitute text exactly while keeping
everything else about the document structure intact).

The closest I came were the multivalent
<http://multivalent.sourceforge.net>tools - but that's java. Depending
on exactly what you need, you might be
able to make use of things like
uncompress<http://multivalent.sourceforge.net/Tools/pdf/Uncompress.html>(I
think similar to what you can do with
pdfbox <http://pdfbox.apache.org/commandlineutilities/WriteDecodedDoc.html>).


If you come up with anything, let us know!

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Bas Vodde <b...@odd-e.com> wrote:

>
> Hola Paul,
>
> Nice job :)
>
> Slightly unrelated question. Do you know any other gems than Prawn for PDF
> generation? Especially ones who can replace text but still take care of
> spacing and things like that.
> Been looking for one for a while and procrastinating one writing one :)
> (this is another procrastination :P)
>
> Bas
>
>
> On 22-Jul-2012, at 6:13 PM, Paul Gallagher wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Meng Weng Wong <mengw...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Today, SP. Tomorrow:
> >
> > - bank statements
> > - credit card statements
> > - other utility statements
> > - invoices
> > - and any other structured data which gets flattened to paper or PDF.
> >
> > exactly;-)
> >
> > Ideally data custodians will see the light and open up machine-readable
> access to the data they hold about us(!!) .. but until then,
> *re*-combobulating data with tools will help demonstrate people really do
> want the data.
> >
> > Actually, to that end, I just extracted the PDF-parsing smarts from
> sps_bill to another gem: https://github.com/tardate/pdf-reader-turtletext
> >
> > If anyone's interested in taking aim at parsing another PDF source,
> pdf-reader-turtletext gives a little more of a leg up than raw pdf-reader
> (and I have a few more DSL-like ideas I think I'll add)
> >
> >
> > There are a handful of "open and scan" mail handler services like
> earthclassmail.com but none of them are smart. I'd love a service that
> would convert my snailmail to data structures available over a combination
> of push and pull APIs compatible with, say, ifttt.com. Then I could
> script it and trigger auto-payments, etc.
> >
> > Your work also connects to a Big Data idea that came up at the
> Quantified Self meetup last week. Working title: the Fishbowl Flag.
> >
> > I like the name;-) I should get along to a  Quantified Self meetup -
> sounds like my kind of bof
> >
> >
> >
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hola Bas.<br><br>sorry, no I haven&#39;t found a gem for that. I was lookin=
g for something similar in order to redact my SP Services bills so I could =
add them as samples without leaking PI, but I didn&#39;t find anything that=
 quite met my needs (which was specifically to substitute text exactly whil=
e keeping everything else about the document structure intact).<br>
<br>The closest I came were the <a href=3D"http://multivalent.sourceforge.n=
et">multivalent</a> tools - but that&#39;s java. Depending on exactly what =
you need, you might be able to make use of things like <a href=3D"http://mu=
ltivalent.sourceforge.net/Tools/pdf/Uncompress.html">uncompress</a> (I thin=
k similar to what you can do with <a href=3D"http://pdfbox.apache.org/comma=
ndlineutilities/WriteDecodedDoc.html">pdfbox</a>). <br>
<br>If you come up with anything, let us know!<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_q=
uote">On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Bas Vodde <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:b...@odd-e.com" target=3D"_blank">b...@odd-e.com</a>&gt;</spa=
n> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Hola Paul,<br>
<br>
Nice job :)<br>
<br>
Slightly unrelated question. Do you know any other gems than Prawn for PDF =
generation? Especially ones who can replace text but still take care of spa=
cing and things like that.<br>
Been looking for one for a while and procrastinating one writing one :) (th=
is is another procrastination :P)<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
Bas<br>
</font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
On 22-Jul-2012, at 6:13 PM, Paul Gallagher wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Meng Weng Wong &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
mengw...@gmail.com">mengw...@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Today, SP. Tomorrow:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; - bank statements<br>
&gt; - credit card statements<br>
&gt; - other utility statements<br>
&gt; - invoices<br>
&gt; - and any other structured data which gets flattened to paper or PDF.<=
br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; exactly;-)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Ideally data custodians will see the light and open up machine-readabl=
e access to the data they hold about us(!!) .. but until then, *re*-combobu=
lating data with tools will help demonstrate people really do want the data=
.<br>

&gt;<br>
&gt; Actually, to that end, I just extracted the PDF-parsing smarts from sp=
s_bill to another gem: <a href=3D"https://github.com/tardate/pdf-reader-tur=
tletext" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/tardate/pdf-reader-turtletext=
</a><br>

&gt;<br>
&gt; If anyone&#39;s interested in taking aim at parsing another PDF source=
, pdf-reader-turtletext gives a little more of a leg up than raw pdf-reader=
 (and I have a few more DSL-like ideas I think I&#39;ll add)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; There are a handful of &quot;open and scan&quot; mail handler services=
 like <a href=3D"http://earthclassmail.com" target=3D"_blank">earthclassmai=
l.com</a> but none of them are smart. I&#39;d love a service that would con=
vert my snailmail to data structures available over a combination of push a=
nd pull APIs compatible with, say, <a href=3D"http://ifttt.com" target=3D"_=
blank">ifttt.com</a>. Then I could script it and trigger auto-payments, etc=
.<br>

&gt;<br>
&gt; Your work also connects to a Big Data idea that came up at the Quantif=
ied Self meetup last week. Working title: the Fishbowl Flag.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I like the name;-) I should get along to a =C2=A0Quantified Self meetu=
p - sounds like my kind of bof<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
</div></div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">&gt; --<br>
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