lou_translate - A Braille translator for large scale testing of liblouis Braille translation tables

       Written by John J. Boyer.

       Copyright © 2024 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
       later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
       permitted by law.

       Translate  whatever  is on standard input and print it on standard output. It is intended for large-scale
       testing of the accuracy of braille translation and back-translation.

   TABLEiseither:
       - a query
              KEY[:VALUE] [KEY[:VALUE] ...]

       - a file list
              FILE[,FILE,...]

              lou_translate language:en grade:2 region:en-US < input.txt

              Do  a  forward  translation  of  English  text to grade 2 contracted braille according to the U.S.
              braille standard.

              lou_translate --forward en-us-g2.ctb < input.txt

              Do a forward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb.

              lou_translate unicode.dis,en-us-g2.ctb < input.txt

              If you require a specific braille encoding use a display table. Here we do a  forward  translation
              with  table en-us-g2.ctb and a display table for Unicode braille. The resulting braille is encoded
              as Unicode dot patterns.

              lou_translate -d unicode.dis language:en grade:2 region:en-US < input.txt

              Using a query and a specific display table you can  achieve  basically  the  same  translation  as
              above.

              echo ",! qk br{n fox" | lou_translate --backward en-us-g2.ctb

              Do a backward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb.

       lou_translate - A Braille translator for large scale testing of liblouis Braille translation tables

-h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -v, --version
              display version information and exit

       -f, --forward
              forward translation using the given table

       -b, --backward
              backward translation using the given table If neither -f nor -b are specified forward  translation
              is assumed

       -d, --display-table
              use  the given display table for the translation. This is useful when you are specifying the table
              as a query.  This option takes precedence over any display table specified as part  of  the  table
              file list.

       Report bugs to liblouis-liblouisxml@freelists.org.
       Liblouis home page: <http://www.liblouis.io>

       The full  documentation  for  lou_translate  is  maintained  as  a  Texinfo  manual.   If  the  info  and
       lou_translate programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              infoliblouis

       should give you access to the complete manual.

Liblouis 3.32.0                                   December 2024                                 LOU_TRANSLATE(1)

lou_translate [OPTIONS] TABLE