Directions for the Translator to Braille 
Results
The translation is done according to part of the Portuguese Braille codification rules as described in [ACAPO, SNR, 1994].
Each page has a maximum of 28 characters per line and 27 lines per page. There is the option of each line being filled at the end with spaces so that it has 28 characters.
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It may happen that some Braille characters have a red background, meaning that there is an error on the input text or because of some shortcoming of the translator. These indications may help to understand translator error messages or warnings, if there were any.
Text with a list of Braille characters
Portuguese Braille uses 6-dot characters arranged in a 3 rows by 2 columns matrix. Dot positions are numbered from top to bottom and right to left, so that the corners correspond to 1 (top-left), 3 (down-left), 4 (upper-right) and 6.
In a list each character is represented in a separate line as,
e.g., (3,4,5,6), with the positions of the character
dots in increasing order. Instead of parentheses, square brackets
and braces can be generated.
There are a few extra special representations:
| () | space |
| (meio_esp) | half-space |
| (nl) | newline |
| (pag) | end of page |
| (erro:...) | error indication |
To help in understanding the codification, the translator may
insert a comment before the representation of a symbol (that may
have more than one Braille characters). Each comment, in a line
started by %, describes the symbol (in Portuguese,
for the time being).
Text for use with the Braille29 font
The text is encoded so that the Braille characters can be displayed using the Braille29 font developed by ViewPlus and used by some Braille printers.
