BrailleCodesGenerator

Converts characters to braille pattern dots and vice-versa.

In Braille, every symbol used in normal written language—specifically, letters, numbers, and punctuation marks—is encoded as one or more raised dots within a two-by-three cell. The dots of the cell are commonly numbered 1 through 6:

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1|    |    |4
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2|    |    |5
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3|    |    |6
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What should be interesting to us at this point is that the dots are binary. A particular dot is either flat or raised.

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A raised dot is represented as a (big and deepened unicode char) and flat dot is represented as simply a (dot)

Methods

| Function | Defintion | | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | addBrailleCode(brailleCodeExpression: [string, string, string]) | [@param brailleCodeExpression] Array argument which takes (3) strings to and add it to a Map which would be decoded to to Alphabetic Character | | [@returns] A Map of String Array | | space() | [@returns] A Map of empty String array to allow for formatting output | converToCharacterString() | [@returns] Alphabetic Character equivalent of keyed in BrailleCodes | | convertToBraille(message: string) | [@param message]Pass a sentence or word as an arugment to the fxn(convertToBraille) and have it converted to BrailleCode Characters | | [@returns] morseCode translation equivalent as a string |
| output() | [@returns] String output after decoded operation to the console |

Pipe Operations

On Encoding brailleCodeGeneratorInstance > convertToBraille(String argx)

On Decoding brailleCodeGeneratorInstance > addBrailleCode(["String arg", "String arg", "String arg"]) > space(){optional if not needed} > converToCharacterString() > output()

##Braille, let's look at the basic lowercase alphabet

Every alphabet representation needs to be tranposed in vertical form to see the the actual graphical representation

   "a" =  ["● .", ". .", ". ."]
   "b" = ["● .", "● .", ". ."]
   "c" = ["● ●", ". .", ". ."]
   "d" = ["● ●", ". ●", ". ."]
   "e" = ["● .", ". ●", ". ."]
   "f" = ["● ●", "● .", ". ."]
   "g" = ["● ●", "● ●", ". ."]
   "h" = ["● .", "● ●", ". ."]
   "i" = [". ●", "● .", ". ."]
   "j" = [". ●", "● ●", ". ."]
   "k" = ["● .", ". .", "● ."]
   "l" = ["● .", "● .", "● ."]
   "m" = ["● ●", ". .", "● ."]
   "n" = ["● ●", ". ●", "● ."]
   "o" = ["● .", ". ●", "● ."]
   "p" = ["● ●", "● .", "● ."]
   "q" = ["● ●", "● ●", "● ."]
   "r" = ["● .", "● ●", "● ."]
   "s" = [". ●", "● .", "● ."]
   "t" = [". ●", "● ●", "● ."]
   "u" = ["● .", ". .", "● ●"]
   "v" = ["● .", "● .", "● ●"]
   "x" = ["● ●", ". .", "● ●"]
   "y" = ["● ●", ". ●", "● ●"]
   "z" = ["● .", ". ●", "● ●"]
   

Using classes in the package

Javascript

  let brailleCode = require('braille-code-generator')
  let results = new brailleCode.BrailleCodeGenerator();

  //convert from Alphabet Characters to Braille Characters
  results.convertToBraille("you and me");

  //decode from Braille Characters to Alphabet Characters
  results
    .addBrailleCode(["● .", "● ●", ". ."])
    .addBrailleCode(["● .", ". ●", ". ."])
    .addBrailleCode(["● .", "● .", "● ."])
    .addBrailleCode(["● .", "● .", "● ."])
    .addBrailleCode(["● .", ". ●", "● ."])
    .space()
    .addBrailleCode(["● ●", "● .", ". ."])
    .addBrailleCode(["● .", "● ●", "● ."])
    .addBrailleCode([". ●", "● .", ". ."])
    .addBrailleCode(["● .", ". ●", ". ."])
    .addBrailleCode(["● ●", ". ●", "● ."])
    .addBrailleCode(["● ●", ". ●", ". ."])
    .addBrailleCode([". ●", "● .", "● ."])
    .converToCharacterString()
    .output();

     ######OUTPUT
     y
     ● ●
     . ●
     ● ●

     o
     ● .
     . ●
     ● .

     u
     ● .
     . .
     ● ●


     a
     ● .
     . .
     . .

     n
     ● ●
     . ●
     ● .

     d
     ● ●
     . ●
     . .


     m
     ● ●
     . .
     ● .

     e
     ● .
     . ●
     . .

     h  e  l  l  o   f  r  i  e  n  d  s

TypeScript

    import {BrailleCodeGenerator} from 'braille-code-generator';
    const results = new BrailleCodeGenerator();

    //convert from Alphabet Characters to Braille Characters
    results.convertToBraille("you and me");

    //decode from Braille Characters to Alphabet Characters
    results
      .addBrailleCode(["● .", "● ●", ". ."])
      .addBrailleCode(["● .", ". ●", ". ."])
      .addBrailleCode(["● .", "● .", "● ."])
      .addBrailleCode(["● .", "● .", "● ."])
      .addBrailleCode(["● .", ". ●", "● ."])
      .space()
      .addBrailleCode(["● ●", "● .", ". ."])
      .addBrailleCode(["● .", "● ●", "● ."])
      .addBrailleCode([". ●", "● .", ". ."])
      .addBrailleCode(["● .", ". ●", ". ."])
      .addBrailleCode(["● ●", ". ●", "● ."])
      .addBrailleCode(["● ●", ". ●", ". ."])
      .addBrailleCode([". ●", "● .", "● ."])
      .converToCharacterString()
      .output();

    ######OUTPUT

    y
    ● ●
    . ●
    ● ●

    o
    ● .
    . ●
    ● .

    u
    ● .
    . .
    ● ●


    a
    ● .
    . .
    . .

    n
    ● ●
    . ●
    ● .

    d
    ● ●
    . ●
    . .


    m
    ● ●
    . .
    ● .

    e
    ● .
    . ●
    . .

    h  e  l  l  o   f  r  i  e  n  d  s