lou_translate(1)

1LOU_TRANSLATE(1)                 User Commands                LOU_TRANSLATE(1)
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NAME

6       lou_translate  -  A  Braille  translator for large scale testing of li‐
7       blouis Braille translation tables
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SYNOPSIS

10       lou_translate [OPTIONS] TABLE[,TABLE,...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Translate whatever is on standard input and print it on  standard  out‐
14       put.  It is intended for large-scale testing of the accuracy of Braille
15       translation and back-translation.
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OPTIONS

18       -h, --help
19              display this help and exit
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21       -v, --version
22              display version information and exit
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24       -f, --forward
25              forward translation using the given table
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27       -b, --backward
28              backward translation using the given table If neither -f nor  -b
29              are specified forward translation is assumed
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EXAMPLES

32              lou_translate --forward en-us-g2.ctb < input.txt
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34              Do  a forward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb. The resulting
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37              lou_translate unicode.dis,en-us-g2.ctb < input.txt
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39              Do a forward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb. The  resulting
40              braille is encoded as Unicode dot patterns.
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42              echo ",! qk br{n fox" | lou_translate --backward en-us-g2.ctb
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44              Do a backward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb.
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AUTHOR

47       Written by John J. Boyer.
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REPORTING BUGS

50       Report bugs to liblouis-liblouisxml@freelists.org.
51       Liblouis home page: <http://www.liblouis.org>
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COPYRIGHT

54       Copyright  ©  2022  ViewPlus  Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc.
55       License  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or  later  <https://gnu.org/li‐
56       censes/gpl.html>.
57       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
58       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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