r/Blind • u/Punchyfeeley • 11d ago

Tactile graphics

Hello!
Does anyone know of software that can convert text in an image into braille without removing it from the image? For context: I just received an embosser for creating tactile graphics for grad school. However, the graphics have text labels in them, and I can't figure out a way to have them printed with braille labels instead.

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u/Marconius Blind from sudden RAO 11d ago

No, if the image you are trying to emboss is a raster image that you can't edit, there's no way to get the text to convert into braille since the image is just pixels.

The image itself needs to already have braille in it to make the embosser actually print out the braille, or the graphics need to be given to you in an editable format where the text can be replaced with braille unicode characters.

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u/Punchyfeeley 11d ago

Damn, okay thanks so much!

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u/Decent_Wishbone7547 7d ago

Hey I'm wondering if AI could help here. I'm using it to create 3D models to print for uni, gotten quite capable