Braille Translator: 14 Codes

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About this app

Braille Translator turns text into braille and decodes braille cells back into readable text, for learners, teachers and anyone preparing braille. It writes the braille of 14 languages:

• English (UEB), Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian and Arabic
• Chinese (mainland and Taiwanese braille), Japanese and Korean
• Type or paste up to 300 characters and see the braille instantly
• English: choose Grade 1 (letter by letter) or Grade 2 (common contractions); Chinese: with or without tones; Korean: abbreviated or full spelling
• Paste braille characters to decode them back into text
• Read braille from a photo or PDF: take a picture or pick a file, preview the dots found, and fix the text if needed
• Every cell is shown as a six-dot grid with raised and empty dots
• A reference table for the selected braille: letters, digits, punctuation and signs
• Copy or share any conversion

Chinese characters are read as pinyin or zhuyin, and braille is read back the same way; Japanese needs kana, not kanji. Photo reading works best with a sharp, evenly lit picture taken straight on, and cells it cannot read are marked so you can check them. Every braille code is a documented subset without short-hand contractions (English Grade 2 covers common wordsigns and groupsigns) and may differ from a certified transcription.

What’s new

Performance improvements and bug fixes