Apache POI HWPF WordExtractor

Apache POI - HWPF - Java API to Handle Microsoft Word Files

import java.io.FileInputStream;

import org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(args[0]);
    WordExtractor extractor = new WordExtractor(is);
    System.out.println(extractor.getText());
  }

}