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Braille l18n Inkscape extension

This extension adds localized capabilities to Inkscape's built-in text-to-Braille converter.

Supported alphabets

Locale Description
English North American Braille ASCII code
Spanish Braille español (Grado 1) by CBE

See NOTES.md to check the limitations of each implementation.

Installation

  1. Download and extract this repository.
  2. Move text_braille_l18n.inx and text_braille_l18n.py files to your user's extensions directory. If you don't know its location, open it from Edit -> Preferences -> System -> Users extensions.
  3. Run Inkscape and you'll see the extension in Extensions -> Text.

How to use

Select a text that you want to convert in Braille, open this extension, choose a locale and press Apply.

TODO

  • Spanish Braille conversion for texts not prepared for Braille translation. Add prefixes before numbers and before uppercased letters.
  • Catalán/valenciano
  • Gallego
  • Euskera
  • Spanish combinations