Sharada-Braille-Writer

S.B.W is a text editor for GNU/Linux which support braille input. Simultaneous multiple press of braille combinations, will produce corresponding letters. So one can input text in more than 40 languages with braille knowledge in Perkins like way. Letters f, d, s, j, k, l represent 1 2 3 4 5 6 of the braille dots respectively. By pressing “f” and “s” together will produce letter k and so on.

Features

Language support

Support Grade-1 and Grade-2 braille input for many languages.

Two engines

Works with two back translation engines (Liblouis, Built-in).

User abbreviations

Option for setting user abbreviations.

Mathematical and scientific notation

Supports Nemeth-code for Mathmatic Braille.

Multiple Tab

Support Multiple tab for editing several files.

Switch Braille/System input

Shortcut for toggle between Braille input and system default input.

Line limiting

Option for Line limiting and auto newline.

Auto capitalization

Option for auto capitalizing first character of line and sentence.

Key customization

Easy interface to set Key/shortcut customization.

Readability

Support Theme and Font selection for better readability.

Text editing functions

Support basic text editing functions including Undo/redo, Find, Find and Replace, Go-to-Line, Spell checker, etc.

Text to audio converter

Audio Converter for recording text as audio using text to speech engine.