lou_translate - A Braille translator for large scale testing of liblouis Braille translation tables

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION TABLE is either: OPTIONS EXAMPLES AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

NAME

lou_translate − A Braille translator for large scale testing of liblouis Braille translation tables

DESCRIPTION

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.

TABLE is either:

− a query

KEY[:VALUE] [KEY[:VALUE] ...]

− a file list

FILE[,FILE,...]

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. This is useful when you are specifying the table as a query. This option takes precedence over any display table specified as part of the table file list.

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 −−forward en−us−g2.ctb < input.txt

Do a forward translation with table en−us−g2.ctb.

lou_translate unicode.dis,en−us−g2.ctb < input.txt

If you require a specific braille encoding use a display table. Here we do a forward translation with table en−us−g2.ctb and a display table for Unicode braille. The resulting braille is encoded as Unicode dot patterns.

lou_translate −d unicode.dis language:en grade:2 region:en−US < input.txt

Using a query and a specific display table you can achieve basically the same translation as above.

echo ",! qk br{n fox" | lou_translate −−backward en−us−g2.ctb

Do a backward translation with table en−us−g2.ctb.

AUTHOR

Written by John J. Boyer.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to liblouis−[email protected].
Liblouis home page: <http://www.liblouis.io>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2024 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.