lou_translate1

Usage

Overview

Translate whatever is on standard input and print it on standard output. It is intended for large-scale testing of the accuracy of braille translation and back-translation.

Options

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-v, --version

display version information and exit

-f, --forward

forward translation using the given table

-b, --backward

backward translation using the given table If neither -f nor -b are specified forward translation is assumed

-d, --display-table

use the given display table for the translation. The display table determines how braille dot patterns are encoded as text (decoded in case of backward translation). Without a display table, the braille encoding is determined by the translation table, when it is specified as a file list, or Unicode braille when the table is specified as a query. For clarity and reliability, it is recommended to always make the display table explicit.

Examples

lou_translate language:en grade:2 region:en-US < input.txt

Do a forward translation of English text to grade 2 contracted braille according to the U.S. braille standard.

lou_translate -d en-us-brf.dis language:en grade:2 region:en-US < input.txt

Here we do the same forward translation but with a specific ASCII braille encoding instead of Unicode braille.

lou_translate -d unicode.dis en-us-g2.ctb < input.txt

Do a forward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb and Unicode braille encoding.

echo ",! qk br{n fox" | lou_translate -b -d text_nabcc.dis language:en grade:2 region:en-US

Do a backward translation with the English grade 2 table. Note that the ASCII braille input (as shown here) must match the specified display table (North American Braille Computer Code in this case).