Pipeline Script: PEF to Text

Overview
Input Requirements
Output
Configuration
Appendix: List of Transformers used

Overview

This script converts a PEF 2008-1 document into text.

What is PEF?

The Portable Embosser Format (PEF) is a data format for representing braille books, accurately and unambiguously. PEF can be used for braille embossing and archiving anywhere in the world, no matter where nor how it was produced. PEF is a digital braille hardcopy - the PDF of braille books, if you will.

For more information, see Introduction to PEF.

Input Requirements

This script accepts PEF 2008-1 documents.

Output

The output is a plain text file where each braille character is represented by some other character. The most commonly used representation is "North American Ascii Braille".

Configuration

Input file: Select input PEF document
Output file: Select output text file
Target format: Select the target format for this text file
Insert newline around form feed: Select where to insert newlines adjacent to page breaks. Some applications may ignore a newline adjacent to a page break, but others may interpret them as empty rows.

Appendix: List of Transformers used

The documents linked below are parts of the Transformer technical documentation. These are developer and systems-administrator centric documents.