---
name: "natbraille"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "natbraille"
version: "2.0rc3-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/natbraille"
---

# natbraille(1)

French braille typesetting

## NAME

natbraille - French braille typesetting

## SYNOPSIS

**natbraille** -g \| --gui\
 **natbraille** \[*options*\] -f *source* -t *dest*

## DESCRIPTION

**NAT** is braille translation engine that can translate into transcribed French braille:

- Text documents

  - OpenOffice 1 and 2 documents, including equations.

  - Microsoft Word documents saved as text, whose equations have been converted to

  mathml with MathType

- Simple HTML documents which respect norms.

  ## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.

- **-?, -h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-c, --config \<sourcefile\>**

  Set configuration file.

- **-f, --from \<sourcefile\>**

  Set source file.

- **--fi-braille-table**

  Set braille table.

- **--fi-hyphenation true\|false**

  Use hyphenation.

- **--fi-hyphenation-dirty true\|false**

  Use dirty hyphenation.

- **--fi-line-length number**

  Set line length

- **--fi-litt-abbreg true\|false**

  Transcribe as abbreged

- **--fi-litt-transcribe true\|false**

  Transcribe litterary contents

- **--fi-math-transcribe true\|false**

  Transcribe math contents

- **--fi-math-use-trigo-notation true\|false**

  Use special trigonometric notation

- **--fi-music-transcribe true\|false**

  Transcribe musical contents.

- **-g, --gui**

  Loads graphical interface

- **--ge-log-level 1\|2\|3**

  Debug verbosity

- **--in-encoding encoding**

  Input file encoding.

- **--out-encoding encoding**

  Output file encodoutg.

- **-q, --quiet**

  No console output

- **-t, --to \<destfile\>**

  Sets destination file.

## AUTHOR

natbraille was written by Bruno Mascret \<bmascret@free.fr\> and the Nat team.

This manual page was written by Samuel Thibault \<sthibault@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).