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OnlineOCR Converts Your Scanned Documents To Editable Text

12:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | A page of printed notes from an instructor, an old proposal you want to edit, a letter your boss wants turned into a template, OnlineOCR can help take an image of text and turn it into an editable copy. More »

Free OCR Converts Your Scanned Documents To Text

3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Converting a scanned document to editable text is a handy trick that can save you hours of retyping documents. Free OCR converts your documents for free. More »

LoopApps Is A Multipurpose PDF Tool

3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | LoopApps is a one stop shop for your PDF manipulation needs. There you can convert, combine and electronically sign documents. More »

Speed Up iPod Video Conversions By Ditching H.264

10:30AM Angus Kidman | A simple settings tweak can make converting video files for use on an iPod or other similar device much faster. More »

EncodeHD Offers One Click Conversion For Popular Portable Devices

7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re looking for a fire and forget way to bulk encode your media, EncodeHD is a drag and drop video encoding solution with support for for over a dozen devices. More »

ListenToYouTube Rips Audio From YouTube Vidoes To MP3

3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | You find a great video on YouTube and you’d love to save the audio or load it on your MP3 player to listen to later. What can you do? You can hop over to ListenToYouTube. More »

Paint.NET Plugin Lets You Open Photoshop Files

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | If Paint.NET is your editor of choice and you find yourself needing to open .PSD Photoshop files, this plugin will help you introduce .PSD images into your Paint.NET workflow. More »

ComedDocs Converts Between More Than 50 File Types

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | We know of one or two sites (or many more, actually) that provide file conversions between PDFs, Word documents, and a few other files. CometDocs takes the all-in-one approach, supporting more than 50 file types. More »

Zamzar Now Converts Text To Speech

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | You need a quick text to speech conversion but you’re lacking the software to do so. No worries, Zamzar—the handy online file conversion tool—has added text to speech conversion. More »

Zamzar Converts Powerpoint Into Easy-To-Share Images

4:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Ever wanted to extract Powerpoint slides as images for embedding elsewhere? Try Zamzar. To convert the file, simply upload the file (ignoring the obnoxious popup ads), choose PNG format, and enter your email address to receive the link for the converted files—it took a little while for the files to show up, but the conversion process worked perfectly—all ready for you to embed or email the files. An alternative method for converting and sharing Powerpoint is to simply upload the file to Google Docs, and then use the PDF export option to download and share with friends—or you can use Google Docs to embed presentations on your web site or blog. Thanks, Nick! Zamzar More »