Debian Accessibility Project
Summary
Braille
Debian Accessibility braille transcription software

This metapackage will install packages which provide braille transcription tools

Description

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If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Accessibility to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to send a description of that project to the Debian Accessibility mailing list

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Debian Accessibility Braille packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

cups-filters
??? missing short description for package cups-filters :-(
Versions of package cups-filters
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
trixie1.28.17-6+deb13u1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
forky1.28.17-7amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
sid1.28.17-7amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
bullseye1.28.7-1+deb11u2amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bullseye-security1.28.7-1+deb11u4amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bookworm-security1.28.17-3+deb12u1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
bookworm1.28.17-3+deb12u2amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
Popcon: 32324 users (23801 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free
Git
liblouisutdml-bin
??? missing short description for package liblouisutdml-bin :-(
Versions of package liblouisutdml-bin
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
bullseye2.9.0-1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bookworm2.11.0-2amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
bookworm-backports2.12.0-7~bpo12+1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
sid2.12.0-8amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
forky2.12.0-8amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
trixie2.12.0-7amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
Debtags of package liblouisutdml-bin:
accessibilityinput
roleprogram
scopeutility
useconverting
Popcon: 4671 users (24581 upd.)*
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License: DFSG free
Git
liblouisxml-bin
??? missing short description for package liblouisxml-bin :-(
Versions of package liblouisxml-bin
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
bullseye2.4.0-11amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bookworm2.4.0-12amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
trixie2.4.0-14amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
forky2.4.0-15amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
sid2.4.0-15amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
Debtags of package liblouisxml-bin:
roleprogram
scopeutility
Popcon: 1 users (1 upd.)*
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License: DFSG free
Git
natbraille
Braille typesetting program
Versions of package natbraille
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
trixie2.0rc3-15all
bullseye2.0rc3-10all
bookworm2.0rc3-14all
Popcon: 0 users (0 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free
Git

Nat is a braille translation engine that can translate into transcribed french braille:

  • Text documents
  • OpenOffice 1 and 2 documents, including equations.
  • Microsoft Word documents saved as texte, whose equations have been converted to mathml with MathType
  • Simple HTML documents which respect norms.
tuxtype
??? missing short description for package tuxtype :-(
Maintainer: Holger Levsen
Versions of package tuxtype
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
bullseye1.8.3-5amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
sid1.8.3-7amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
forky1.8.3-7amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
trixie1.8.3-7amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
bookworm1.8.3-5.1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
Debtags of package tuxtype:
gamearcade, typing
juniorarcade
roleprogram
uitoolkitsdl
usegameplaying, learning
Popcon: 53 users (66 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free
Git
Screenshots of package tuxtype

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

liblouis-bin
??? missing short description for package liblouis-bin :-(
Versions of package liblouis-bin
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
bullseye3.16.0-1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
trixie-backports3.37.0-1~bpo13+1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
trixie3.33.0-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
sid3.37.0-1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
forky3.37.0-1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
bookworm-backports3.33.0-1~bpo12+1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
bookworm3.24.0-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
Debtags of package liblouis-bin:
accessibilityinput
roleprogram
scopeutility
Popcon: 36 users (15 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free
Git
printer-driver-indexbraille
??? missing short description for package printer-driver-indexbraille :-(
Versions of package printer-driver-indexbraille
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
bullseye1.2.3-2amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
sid1.2.3-5amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
forky1.2.3-5amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,loong64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
trixie1.2.3-5amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
bookworm1.2.3-5amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
Popcon: 199 users (224 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free
Git

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

dots
Braille typesetting program for GNOME
Versions of package dots
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
VCS0.0.20100108-5all
Versions and Archs
License: free
Debian package not available
Git
Version: 0.0.20100108-5

Dots is a user interface for liblouisxml, a braille translation engine that can translate XML and MS Word documents into transcribed braille.

*Popularitycontest results: number of people who use this package regularly (number of people who upgraded this package recently) out of 281767