xbmbraille

xbm❤braille

XBM to Braille converter (the ❤ is silent).

You can read a bit more about this over on my blog, but you don't need to.

installation

: go install chipaca.com/xbmbraille@latest

commandline options

: xbmbraille
Usage: xbmbraille [options] {-|filename}...
  -c	clear the terminal before printing each image
  -d duration
    	wait this much time after printing each image
  -n	negate (invert) image
  -p	print the filename before printing each image

example usage

: convert +dither -font Noto-Emoji -pointsize 64 label:🤩 -trim XBM:- | xbmbraille -n -
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