/28XX

braille <-> bytes

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28XX

28XX represents bytes as Unicode Braille characters. In order to achieve this a 28 is added infront of the hexadecimal representation of a byte. The UTF-16 interpretation of the 2-byte combination is then a braille symbol.

It supports byte to braille, as well as braille to byte translation. It can be used to visualize binary or to reduce character count when transmitting bytes in a text-only way.

X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 X8 X9 XA XB XC XD XE XF
0X ⠀ ⠁ ⠂ ⠃ ⠄ ⠅ ⠆ ⠇ ⠈ ⠉ ⠊ ⠋ ⠌ ⠍ ⠎ ⠏
1X ⠐ ⠑ ⠒ ⠓ ⠔ ⠕ ⠖ ⠗ ⠘ ⠙ ⠚ ⠛ ⠜ ⠝ ⠞ ⠟
2X ⠠ ⠡ ⠢ ⠣ ⠤ ⠥ ⠦ ⠧ ⠨ ⠩ ⠪ ⠫ ⠬ ⠭ ⠮ ⠯
3X ⠰ ⠱ ⠲ ⠳ ⠴ ⠵ ⠶ ⠷ ⠸ ⠹ ⠺ ⠻ ⠼ ⠽ ⠾ ⠿
4X ⡀ ⡁ ⡂ ⡃ ⡄ ⡅ ⡆ ⡇ ⡈ ⡉ ⡊ ⡋ ⡌ ⡍ ⡎ ⡏
5X ⡐ ⡑ ⡒ ⡓ ⡔ ⡕ ⡖ ⡗ ⡘ ⡙ ⡚ ⡛ ⡜ ⡝ ⡞ ⡟
6X ⡠ ⡡ ⡢ ⡣ ⡤ ⡥ ⡦ ⡧ ⡨ ⡩ ⡪ ⡫ ⡬ ⡭ ⡮ ⡯
7X ⡰ ⡱ ⡲ ⡳ ⡴ ⡵ ⡶ ⡷ ⡸ ⡹ ⡺ ⡻ ⡼ ⡽ ⡾ ⡿
8X ⢀ ⢁ ⢂ ⢃ ⢄ ⢅ ⢆ ⢇ ⢈ ⢉ ⢊ ⢋ ⢌ ⢍ ⢎ ⢏
9X ⢐ ⢑ ⢒ ⢓ ⢔ ⢕ ⢖ ⢗ ⢘ ⢙ ⢚ ⢛ ⢜ ⢝ ⢞ ⢟
AX ⢠ ⢡ ⢢ ⢣ ⢤ ⢥ ⢦ ⢧ ⢨ ⢩ ⢪ ⢫ ⢬ ⢭ ⢮ ⢯
BX ⢰ ⢱ ⢲ ⢳ ⢴ ⢵ ⢶ ⢷ ⢸ ⢹ ⢺ ⢻ ⢼ ⢽ ⢾ ⢿
CX ⣀ ⣁ ⣂ ⣃ ⣄ ⣅ ⣆ ⣇ ⣈ ⣉ ⣊ ⣋ ⣌ ⣍ ⣎ ⣏
DX ⣐ ⣑ ⣒ ⣓ ⣔ ⣕ ⣖ ⣗ ⣘ ⣙ ⣚ ⣛ ⣜ ⣝ ⣞ ⣟
EX ⣠ ⣡ ⣢ ⣣ ⣤ ⣥ ⣦ ⣧ ⣨ ⣩ ⣪ ⣫ ⣬ ⣭ ⣮ ⣯
FX ⣰ ⣱ ⣲ ⣳ ⣴ ⣵ ⣶ ⣷ ⣸ ⣹ ⣺ ⣻ ⣼ ⣽ ⣾ ⣿

About Braille

The bottom 2 dots represent the positions 7 and 8 since historically braille only had 6 positions and the bottom line was added at a later time. Because of this the top 3 dots of the left side together with the top dot of the right side represent the first 4 bits while the other dots represent the last 2 bits.
1 4
2 5
3 6
7 8

Examples:

Braille Unicode / UTF-16 <--> Represented Byte / Hex Binary
⠏ (U+)280F <--> 0F 00001111
⣰ (U+)28F0 <--> F0 11110000
⣿ (U+)28FF <--> FF 11111111
⠀ (U+)2800 <--> 00 00000000
⡩ (U+)2869 <--> 69 01101001

TODO

  • braille to text/byte translation (done)
  • byte/text to braille translation (done)
  • take cli input
  • files -> braille
  • text input -> braille
  • braille -> files
  • braille -> text / hexadecimal