braille_converter

This script has 3 parts. Both allow the conversion of text into braille manually through the command line.

trans-quick.py

This script takes one parameter as an argument. The argument should be the string that you want translated into braille.

$ python trans-quick.py 'Hello, world!'
⡓⠑⠇⠇⠕⠠⠀⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠮

translate.py

This script continuously asks for user input, then prints the braille translated text to stdout.

$ python translate.py 
To Braille: Hi
⡓⠊
To Braille: Hello world!
⡓⠑⠇⠇⠕⠀⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠮
To Braille: I am a newb!
⡊⠀⠁⠍⠀⠁⠀⠝⠑⠺⠃⠮

to_clip.sh

This script takes one argument, the text you want converted to braille. After conversion through trans-quick.py, it copies it to your clipboard.

TODO

• Allow setting of braille table through environment variables or flags (ideally both)
• Allow copying to clipboard of X11 desktops
• Allow copying toclipboard of Windows/Mac OSes
• Add a script that is interactive, and also copies to your clipboard