Here are the results of a simple test using "en-us-g2.ctb". As you'll see,
there are problems with both forward and backward translation insofar as the
offsets are concerned. I guess we can reduce the code size even a bit more, as
about a hundred lines implement a couple of tests (this being one of them). Now
we're down to about 500 line of Java and 114 lines of C.
I'm translating from text to braille with mode set to (dotsIO | ucBrl), and
back to text with mode set to (0). You'll need to use a font containing the
Unicode braille patterns, therefore, to properly read this log.
First, the results of both translations. They're correct.
Original Text: This is a test.
Braille Translation: ⠠⠹⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠀⠞⠑⠌⠲
Text Back Translation: This is a test.
Here's the input to output mapping of the forward translation. It contains one
major problem and one minor one. The major one is that . (the period) points to
⠌ (the st contraction). The minor one is that T (the capital T) points to ⠹ (in
other words, to the first braille letter) instead of to ⠠ (the capital sign).
This minor one may be a matter of opinion, so, perhaps, an additional mode flag
could be provided.
in->out: 0->1 T->⠹
in->out: 1->1 h->⠹
in->out: 2->1 i->⠹
in->out: 3->1 s->⠹
in->out: 4->2 ->⠀
in->out: 5->3 i->⠊
in->out: 6->4 s->⠎
in->out: 7->5 ->⠀
in->out: 8->6 a->⠁
in->out: 9->7 ->⠀
in->out: 10->8 t->⠞
in->out: 11->9 e->⠑
in->out: 12->10 s->⠌
in->out: 13->10 t->⠌
in->out: 14->10 .->⠌
Here's the output to input mapping of the forward translation. In it, you'll
see that ⠲ (the period) points to s (the final s) instead of to the period it
actually represents.
out->in: 0->0 ⠠->T
out->in: 1->0 ⠹->T
out->in: 2->4 ⠀->
out->in: 3->5 ⠊->i
out->in: 4->6 ⠎->s
out->in: 5->7 ⠀->
out->in: 6->8 ⠁->a
out->in: 7->9 ⠀->
out->in: 8->10 ⠞->t
out->in: 9->11 ⠑->e
out->in: 10->12 ⠌->s
out->in: 11->12 ⠲->s
Here's the input to output mapping of the backward translation. In it, you'll
see that ⠲ (the period) points to t (the final t) rather than to the period
that it actually represents.
in->out: 0->0 ⠠->T
in->out: 1->0 ⠹->T
in->out: 2->4 ⠀->
in->out: 3->5 ⠊->i
in->out: 4->6 ⠎->s
in->out: 5->7 ⠀->
in->out: 6->8 ⠁->a
in->out: 7->9 ⠀->
in->out: 8->10 ⠞->t
in->out: 9->11 ⠑->e
in->out: 10->12 ⠌->s
in->out: 11->13 ⠲->t
Here's the output to input mapping of the backward translation. In it, you'll
see that t (the final t of test) points to ⠲ (the period). It also contains the
minor problem that T (the capital T) points to ⠹ (the first braille letter)
rather than to ⠠ (the capital sign).
out->in: 0->1 T->⠹
out->in: 1->1 h->⠹
out->in: 2->1 i->⠹
out->in: 3->1 s->⠹
out->in: 4->2 ->⠀
out->in: 5->3 i->⠊
out->in: 6->4 s->⠎
out->in: 7->5 ->⠀
out->in: 8->6 a->⠁
out->in: 9->7 ->⠀
out->in: 10->8 t->⠞
out->in: 11->9 e->⠑
out->in: 12->10 s->⠌
out->in: 13->11 t->⠲
out->in: 14->11 .->⠲
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