A simple library in Python to convert text to 6-dots pattern braille (Grade 1)

Run the following to install the package

pip install pybraille

from pybraille import convertText

print(convertText("hello"))
>>> ⠓⠑⠇⠇⠕

print(convertText("filename.txt")) #eg: tests/sample.txt
>>> ⠠⠞⠓⠊⠎ ⠙⠊⠗⠑⠉⠞⠕⠗⠽ ⠉⠕⠝⠞⠁⠊⠝⠎ ⠞⠑⠎⠞ ⠋⠊⠇⠑⠎⠲

This library needs is tested against python 3.6 and 3.7. Both interpreters need to be available to tox

Running tests:

tox or pytest

Any python 3.x version should work.