LOU_TRANSLATE(1) | User Commands | LOU_TRANSLATE(1) |
NAME
lou_translate - A Braille translator for large scale testing of liblouis Braille translation tables
SYNOPSIS
lou_translate [OPTIONS] TABLE
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
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. When you specify a table query, the braille encoding is always Unicode dot patterns.
- 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-liblouisxml@freelists.org.
Liblouis home page: http://www.liblouis.io
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2022 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.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for lou_translate is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and lou_translate programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info liblouis
should give you access to the complete manual.
September 2024 | Liblouis 3.31.0 |