Class BopomofoBrailleConverter

Helps to convert Bopomofo syllables to Braille and vice versa.

Index

Constructors

Methods

convertBpmfToBraille convertBrailleToBpmf convertBrailleToTokens

Constructors

constructor

new BopomofoBrailleConverter(): BopomofoBrailleConverter
Returns BopomofoBrailleConverter

Methods

`Static`convertBpmfToBraille

convertBpmfToBraille(bopomofo: string): string
Converts Bopomofo syllables to Braille.
Parameters
- bopomofo: string
  Bopomofo syllables in Unicode.
Returns string
Converted Braille in Unicode.
Example
```
BopomofoBrailleConverter.convertBpmfToBraille("ㄒㄧㄠˇㄇㄞˋㄓㄨˋㄧㄣ");
```
It should return converted Taiwanese Braille in Unicode.
- Defined in BopomofoBraille/Converter.ts:38

`Static`convertBrailleToBpmf

convertBrailleToBpmf(braille: string): string
Converts Braille to Bopomofo syllables.

The method calls convertBrailleToTokens to convert the input string to tokens, and then connects the tokens to form a string.
Parameters
- braille: string
  Braille in Unicode.
Returns string
Converted Bopomofo syllables in Unicode.
Example
```
BopomofoBrailleConverter.convertBrailleToBpmf("⠑⠪⠈⠍⠺⠐⠁⠌⠐⠹⠄");
```
- Defined in BopomofoBraille/Converter.ts:475

`Static`convertBrailleToTokens

convertBrailleToTokens(braille: string): (string | BopomofoSyllable)[]
Converts a Braille string to tokens. The tokens could be BopomofoSyllable objects or strings

The method is part of the the feature to convert Braille to Chinese characters. After extracting the tokens, an application can then use a smart Bopomofo input method to convert the BopomofoSyllable objects to Chinese characters, then append the plain strings.
Parameters
- braille: string
  Braille in Unicode.
Returns (string | BopomofoSyllable)[]
Tokens. A token could be a BopomofoSyllable object or a string.
Example
```
BopomofoBrailleConverter.convertBrailleToTokens("⠑⠪⠈⠍⠺⠐⠁⠌⠐⠹⠄");
```
- Defined in BopomofoBraille/Converter.ts:231