Note: This project has been merged into Dotify (https://github.com/brailleapps/dotify-cli) and will not be updated anymore. Please use Dotify in the future.

BrailleUtils provides a command line interface for embossing and converting braille in PEF-format. Conversion to and from commonly used "braille" text formats is also supported.

Braille Utils supports a range of embossers, including popular Index and Braillo embossers. Note however that several embossers are untested, due to lack of access and/or time.

• Emboss a PEF-file
• Validate a PEF-file
• Search meta data in collection of PEF-files
• Convert from text to a PEF-file
• Convert from a PEF-file to text
• Split a PEF-file into one file per volume
• Merge several PEF-files into one

Download the latest release and unpack it. For more information see, the user guide in the docs folder.

Build with gradlew build (Windows) or ./gradlew build (Mac/Linux)

Tests are run with gradlew test (Windows) or ./gradlew test (Mac/Linux)

• Requires Java 8
• Compatible with SPI

See the common wiki for more information.