mtmse/pef-reader

Tool to enable reading pef files with braille reader. Developed by Johan Bergenholtz as a degree project.

MTM-PEF-GREJ

This repository contains code for a tool that can convert files in Portable Embosser Format (PEF), which contains braille text and can be used by blind people to read. The tool has support to download the content as HTML, or display the result directly in the browser.

How to run locally

Get some kind of live-server program, eg http-server from npm, or live-server in VS Code. Example:

npm install http-server
node_modules/http-server/bin/http-server src/

Repository structure

All logic is handled with client-side javascript.

File	Description
controller.js	Handles main control logic of conversion
index.js	Handles all UI updating and binds logic to frontend
outputter.js	Handles formatting of output result, eg HTML
page_reader.js
parser.js
pef.js	Contains javascript data structures that represents a pef-file
removeFrontPage.js
swedishTables.js
translator.js

How to contribute

TODO

Future improvements

• Support for multiple languages
• Use liblouis as converter instead of custom