Summary
Braille
Debian Accessibility braille transcription software
This metapackage will install packages which provide
braille transcription tools
The list to the right includes various software projects which are of some interest to the Debian Accessibility Project. Currently, only a few of them are available as Debian packages. It is our goal, however, to include all software in Debian Accessibility which can sensibly add to a high quality Debian Pure Blend.
For a better overview of the project's availability as a Debian package, each head row has a color code according to this scheme:
If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Accessibility
to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to
send a description of that project to the Debian Accessibility mailing list
Links to other tasks
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Debian Accessibility Braille packages
Official Debian packages with high relevance
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Dots
Braille typesetting program for GNOME
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| squeeze | 0.0.20100108-2 | all |
| wheezy | 0.0.20100108-3 | all |
| sid | 0.0.20100108-3 | all |
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| role | program |
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License: DFSG free
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Dots is a user interface for liblouisxml, a braille translation engine
that can translate XML and MS Word documents into transcribed braille.
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Liblouisutdml-bin
Braille UTDML translation utilities
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| wheezy | 2.2.0-1 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| sid | 2.2.0-1 | amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| upstream | 2.3.1 |
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| accessibility | input |
| role | program |
| scope | utility |
| use | converting |
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License: DFSG free
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liblouisutdml is an extension of liblouisxml, the translator from xml
format into transcribed braille, that includes support for Unified
Tactile Document Markup Language (UTDML).
This consists essentially of subtrees containing all the braille
translations and formatting, plus some tags.
This package contains utdml2brl which translates an utdml or text file into an
embosser-ready braille file.
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Liblouisxml-bin
Braille XML translation utilities
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| Versions of package liblouisxml-bin |
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| squeeze | 2.2.0-2 | amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| wheezy | 2.4.0-3 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| sid | 2.4.0-3 | amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
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| role | program |
| scope | utility |
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License: DFSG free
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Liblouisxml translates files in the computer lingua franca xml format
into properly transcribed braille. This includes translation into grade
two, if desired, mathematical codes, etc. It also includes formatting
according to a built-in style sheet which can be modified by the user.
This package contains xml2brl which translates an xml or text file into an
embosser-ready braille file, and msword2brl which translates an ms-word file
into an embosser-ready braille file.
In combination with ooo2dbk, it can also translate OpenOffice.org 1 documents.
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Natbraille
French braille typesetting program
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| wheezy | 2.0rc3-1 | all |
| sid | 2.0rc3-2 | all |
| upstream | 2.1. |
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License: DFSG free
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Nat is a braille translation engine that can translate into
transcribed French braille:
- Text documents
- OpenOffice 1 and 2 documents, including equations.
- Microsoft Word documents saved as text, whose equations have been
converted to mathml with MathType
- Simple HTML documents which respect norms.
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Official Debian packages with lower relevance
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Liblouis-bin
Braille translation library - utilities
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| Versions of package liblouis-bin |
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| squeeze | 2.0.0-1 | amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| wheezy | 2.4.1-1 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| sid | 2.4.1-1 | amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| experimental | 2.5.2-1 | amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| upstream | 2.5.0 |
| Debtags of package liblouis-bin: |
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| accessibility | input |
| role | program |
| scope | utility |
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License: DFSG free
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Liblouis is a braille translator and back-translator. It features support for
computer and literary braille, supports contracted and uncontracted translation
for many languages and has support for hyphenation. Liblouis also supports
math braille (Nemeth and Marburg). New languages can easily be added through
tables that support a rule- or dictionary based approach. Included are also
tools for testing and debugging tables.
This package contains a few tools to test tables and translate text.
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