Tool to convert .brf to .txt and .txt to .brf?

By techluver, 30 January, 2026

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Hey there.
Is there a tool to convert .brf to .txt and back again using liblouis?
I need liblouis because I need wide language support. For some reason Braille Blaster doesn't support all the liblouis tables, so that's not an option. I literally need a tool where I can give it a .brf or .txt, pick a braille table, hit convert.

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By Brian Borowski on Sunday, February 1, 2026 - 14:10

I have to assume you are talking about (on a Mac):
You have to get some way of having the standard liblouis tools. On a linux machine you just install packages with liblouis-bin and the other packages.
On the Mac you will have to either use brew or MacPorts and then install the packages from those.
If/when you get these on; then you can do something like:
lou_translate --forward en-us-g2.ctb <in-file >out-file
in terminal mode.
and something similar to back-translate; though I can't tell you the exact syntax right now.

Brian Borowski