Braille Formatting
Braille Formatting involves adapting text into Braille, a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or have low vision. This process includes structuring content for readability, applying Braille-specific conventions, and ensuring the text is accessible and navigable for Braille readers.
| Braille Formatting | ||
| Contracted? | Does the braille transliteration process include contractions? (e.g. true or false ) |
isContracted |
| Liblouis | ||
| Liblouis version | The version of Liblouis used for Braille conversion (e.g. 3.16 , 3.14 , 3.12 , etc…) |
version |
| Hyphenation Dictionary | ||
| Source | The file(s) that include the translation table. Used to convert text into Braille, detailing the rules and mappings between standard text and Braille. Often in |
source |
| Name | The preferred English name for referring to this translation table. | name |
| Number Sign | ||
| Character | The symbol used to prefix numbers (e.g. the number sign ⠼ ) |
character |
| Use in margin? | Set this field if the number sign should be used before numbers in the margin (e.g. true or false ) |
useInMargin |
| Continuous Poetry | ||
| Start indicator | Character(s) to indicate the start of a section of continuous poetry | |
| Line indicator | Character(s) to indicate the end of a line within a section of continuous poetry (e.g. ⠜ ) |
lineIndicator |
| Line indicator spacing | Choose whether line indicator is: never spaced from last word in line; always spaced; or only spaced if the line doesn't end in punctuation (e.g. never , always , sometimes ) |
lineIndicatorSpaced |
| End indicator | Character(s) to indicate the end of a section of poetry | |
| Content Details | ||
| Chapter number dots | Select "upper" to display chapter numbers normally or "lower" to use lower 4 dots of braille cell (e.g. upper , lower ) |
chapterNumberStyle |
| Display chapter heading numbers first? | Set to display the chapter number before the word for "chapter"(e.g. true or false ) |
chapterHeadingsNumberFirst |
| Verse separator | Character(s) to insert between verses if one verse follows another on the same line (e.g. ⠀⠀ ) |
verseSeparator |
| Include introductions? | Set to display book introductions(e.g. true or false ) |
includeIntros |
| Versed Paragraphs | can be multiple | versedParagraphs |
| Book code | Paratext Book code or "all" (e.g. ALL , GEN ) |
book |
| Character Styles | ||
| Emphasized word | The symbol used to prefix emphasized words | |
| Start emphasized passage | The symbol used to start an emphasized passage | |
| End emphasized passage | The symbol used to end an emphasized passage | |
| Footnotes | ||
| Caller Symbol | Character(s) to use to show a footnote (e.g. ⠈⠢ ) |
callerSymbol |
| Cross Reference | ||
| Caller Symbol | Character(s) to use to show a cross references (e.g. ⠐⠔ ) |
callerSymbol |
| Page | ||
| Characters per line | The maximum number of characters on a line (e.g. 39 ) |
charsPerLine |
| Lines | The maximum number of lines on a page (e.g. 28 ) |
linesPerPage |
| Default margin width | The default margin width in number of characters (e.g. 3 ) |
defaultMarginWidth |
| Leave last line of verso blank? | Set to leave last line of verso pages blank (e.g. true or false ) |
versoLastLineBlank |
| Carry Lines | A heading starting within this number of lines of the bottom of page will be carried over to next page (e.g. 2 ) |
carryLines |