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Libbraille was first created for the TiM project sponsored by the EU Research Programme. It was then continued as part of the Vickie Project.

Thanks to AOE media & TYPO3 for supporting the development of Libbraille.

Projects using libbraille

BlindStation

a game platform for blind children. This project is part of the TiM project and libbraille was initially created to add terminals support for this platform

MozBraille

MozBraille is an extension to transform Mozilla or Firefox to an accessible Internet browser designed for blind or partially sighted users. It offers to its users Braille outputs with libbraille

Siragi

SIRAGI is an open source software designed to help blind and partially sighted people working with their computer. It supports the arabic language.

Braille translation

This web tool allows to translate text in Braille. It is possible to select between many languages and Braille alphabets.

Brltty

Brltty is a daemon which provides access to the Linux/Unix console (when in text mode) for a blind person using a refreshable braille display. It provides its own Braille display drivers but libbraille can also be used as a driver to support additional displays.

Vickie transcription tool for mathematical Braille

This tool allows automatic transcription of Mathematical formulas between Latex, MathML and Mathematical Braille. A web demo of this translation tool is available.

Wintriangle

WinTriangle is an application to do Math and physics for the blind. It is made at the Oregon State University and is using Libbraille for Braille support.

PHP wrapper for libbraille

This wrapper made by Hartmut Holzgraefe provides most libbraille functionalities in PHP. The link is a PECL package that can be installed using the PEAR installer.

Related links

• libbraille on sourceforge: libbraille is hosted at sourceforge; you can find statistics and archives there.
• subscribe to libbraille mailing-list: to discuss about this library or read tips on how to use it and news.
• archive of libbraille mailing-list: to find answers to questions which are not in libbraille documentation.
• Gnopernicus: a screen reader for Gnome.
• BRASS project: another screen reader for linux console.

Libbraille is open source. If you enjoy this software, please send in a donation to help support further development.

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