[BRLTTY] [Semi-OT] Converting .brf file to unicode braille or mapping to another chosen braille table

Jeanette C. jeanette at freeshell.de
Wed Nov 5 22:17:38 UTC 2025


Hey hey,
I'm sorry, since this doesn't strictly belong here, but I didn't know where 
else to turn.

I have a .brf (Braille ready file) containing musical notes. Choosing the brf 
text table with BRLTTY gives a good/proper representation. But mostly I need 
to work with my own text table, namely de (German).

Using either brltty or the liblouis tool - or any other open source tool - is 
there a ready-made tool to convert such files into either the unicode braille 
pattern characters or mapping the characters from the file to proper 
representations in German?

One example: a comma (,) in a .brf file is used to represent a capitalisation. 
In US printed braille this is dot 6, in German it would be dots 4 and 6. So it 
could be converted to the braille patterns of either or mapped to the German 
braille table an apostrophe ('), which is dot 6 or a dollar sign ($), which is 
dots 4 and 6.

Any help is appreciated. I know, I could write a Python program performing 
this with relative ease, but I'd rather check for an existing solution first. 
:)

Best wishes,

Jeanette

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