/inkscape-braille-l18n-ext

Text-to-Braille Inkscape extension with multiple localized alphabets.

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Braille l18n Inkscape extension

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Text-to-Braille Inkscape extension with multiple localized alphabets.

Supported alphabets

Locale Source
English North American Braille ASCII code
Spanish Braille español (Grado 1) by CBE
French Code Braille Français Uniformisé (CBFU)
German Das System der deutschen Brailleschrift by BSKDL
Galician Braille español (Grado 1) by CBE
Euskera Braille español (Grado 1) by CBE
Catalan/Valencian Braille español (Grado 1) by CBE

See NOTES.md for details of each implementation.

Installation

  1. Download braille-l18n.zip asset from Releases page and extract it.
  2. Move extracted files to your Inkscape user's extensions directory. If you don't know its location, open it from Edit -> Preferences -> System -> Users extensions or executing inkscape --user-data-directory on your terminal.
  3. Run Inkscape and you'll see the extension in Extensions -> Text.

Usage

  1. Select a text that you want to convert in Braille.
  2. Open this extension.
  3. Choose an alphabet for character mappings.
  4. Press Apply.

Contribute!

PRs are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for a detailed guide about how to contribute to this project.