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LOU_TRANSLATE(1) User Commands LOU_TRANSLATE(1) NAME lou_translate - A Braille translator for large scale testing of liblouis Braille translation tables SYNOPSIS lou_translate [OPTIONS] TABLE DESCRIPTION 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. TABLE is either: - a query KEY[:VALUE] [KEY[:VALUE] ...] - a file list FILE[,FILE,...] OPTIONS -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 prece- dence over any display table specified as part of the table file list. EXAMPLES 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 Uni- code dot patterns. lou_translate -d unicode.dis language:en grade:2 region:en-US < in- put.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. AUTHOR Written by John J. Boyer. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to liblouis-liblouisxml@freelists.org. Liblouis home page: <http://www.liblouis.io> COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2024 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc. Li- cense GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/li- censes/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO 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 info liblouis should give you access to the complete manual. Liblouis 3.36.0 August 2026 LOU_TRANSLATE(1)
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