Farsi Braille Translator    

FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY

The Farsi tables support print-to-braille translation of Farsi-language literary text in Farsi braille, which is uncontracted. Roman-alphabet script may also be embedded within the Farsi text, and will be generally treated as in uncontracted English braille. The American Computer Braille Code (CBC) is also supported.

Normally, the text is first prepared on Microsoft Word, using a Unicode font (e.g. the default "Times Roman") for the Farsi text, and imported to DBT prior to translation.

REFERENCES, HISTORY AND CREDITS

The rules for uncontracted Farsi were originally specified to Duxbury Systems by Mr. G. H. Shabani of the Braille Equipment Institute, Tehranpars, Iran, in cooperation with the Special Education Organization, part of the Iranian Ministry of Education. Work began on the tables in April 2005. More recent information has been provided by Mr. Amir Soleimani.

(Documentation reviewed: May 2006.)

Duxbury DBT: Braille Translation in Many Languages.