remove broken text from FileReader.readAsText results

Asked Sep 15 '20 at 23:53

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I am trying to read in .doc files using FileReader, and use it to extract the text. Upon getting results I am getting a lot of broken characters, the first paragraph I get contains: ��ࡱ�>�� !#�� Y ��bjbj�W�W

is there any way to just get the text written in the .doc file without all the formatting?

asked Sep 15 '20 at 23:53

Carter

There's probably some way to do it, but it involves a lot of coding, and knowing exactly how a `.doc` file is structured – Jaromanda X Sep 15 '20 at 23:58
Look for a js library that can do this for you – charlietfl Sep 16 '20 at 00:03
From all the libraries I have found none of them will work in browser without fs – Carter Sep 16 '20 at 00:38

remove broken text from FileReader.readAsText results

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