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

[Didier Spaier]

Hey Jeanette,

Just a (probably dumb) idea, maybe one of the conversion tools file2brl and/or
xml2brl authored by the late John J. Boyer and shipped in the packages
liblouisurdml and liblouisxml respectively could help?

Cheers,
Didier

On 11/5/25 23:17, Jeanette C. wrote:
> 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