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Braille l18n Inkscape extension

Text-to-Braille Inkscape extension with multiple localized alphabets.

Supported alphabets

Locale Source
English North American Braille ASCII code
Spanish Braille español (Grado 1) by CBE
Galician Braille español (Grado 1) by CBE
Euskera Braille español (Grado 1) by CBE
Catalan/Valencian 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.

Usage

  1. Select a text that you want to convert in Braille.
  2. Open this extension.
  3. Choose an alphabet for character mappings.
  4. Press Apply.