GNU/Linux applications for modifying and extracting text

Hi everyone,

While I was working as a Vision Support Technician, modifying documents for students from the age of 3-25 I was asked to create a document for a working party on Document modification, including what is available on GNU/Linux.

This primarily relates to using pdf tools and how they are useful in extracting elements into a Text Document, but also using OCR tools and pdf repair tools and their commands.

For anyone interested, the document can be downloaded via this link in .docx format:

and as a pdf here:

[FOOTNOTE: If anyone wants to try LIOS (Linix Intelligent OCR Solution) please be aware that you also need to install speech-dispatcher via Synaptic Package Manager (or command line) or it will not run]