baudot is a Python 3 library for reading and writing 5-bit stateful encoding.
This library is named after Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903), the French engineer who invented this code. The Baudot code was the first practical binary character encoding, and is an ancestor of the ASCII code we are familiar with today.
from io import StringIO
from baudot import encode_str, codecs, handlers
input_str = 'HELLO WORLD!'
with StringIO() as output_buffer:
writer = handlers.TapeWriter(output_buffer)
encode_str(input_str, codecs.ITA2_STANDARD, writer)
print(output_buffer.getvalue())This would output the following:
***.**
* *.
. *
* .*
* .*
** .
*.
* .**
** .
* .*
* .*
* . *
** .**
**. *
from io import BytesIO
from baudot import decode_to_str, codecs, handlers
code = b'1f14011212180413180a12091b0d'
with BytesIO(code) as code_stream:
reader = handlers.HexBytesReader(code_stream)
print(decode_to_str(reader, codecs.ITA2_US))Should print:
HELLO WORLD!
Pip is the simplest way to install Baudot:
pip install baudot
This library works with Python 3.7 and up. It does not have any external requirement.
Documentation is available at: https://python-baudot.readthedocs.io/