Braille Python Packages

plotille

Plot in the terminal using braille dots.

uniplot

Lightweight plotting to the terminal. 4x resolution via Unicode.

maidr

Converts matplotlib, seaborn, plotly, and Altair plots into accessible format with MAIDR (Multimodal Access and Interactive Data Representation) — keyboard navigation, screen reader support, sonification, and braille for Jupyter, Quarto, Shiny, and Streamlit

terrahour

A world clock for the terminal, with a day and night map and a 24-hour timeline to find a time that works across time zones.

codext

Python codecs extension featuring CLI tools for encoding/decoding anything

terrascope

Braille-rendered terminal world map with live weather, aircraft, earthquakes, and day/night layers.

dotmatrix

A dot matrix rendered using braille characters.

maidr-mcp

Experimental MCP server for accessible, interactive MAIDR charts in MCP Apps, with AI-guided navigation, screen-reader support, sonification, and braille.

picharsso

:art: A utility for converting images to text art.

spektr-audio

A terminal spectrum analyser for whatever your speakers are doing — 57 render modes, 55 themes, real onset detection, braille sub-character rendering. Windows, Linux, macOS and Android.

dapple

Unified terminal graphics library with multiple renderers (braille, quadrants, sextants, ASCII, sixel, kitty)

dots-editor

A six-key brailler emulator written in python

ascii-art-converter

A powerful and flexible Python library and command-line tool for converting images to ASCII art, Braille art, and edge detection art with support for color, dithering, and various customization options.

fenrir-screenreader

An TTY screenreader for Linux.

nour

Nour is a tool that translates Arabic words, letters, or sentences to and from Braille notations.

pylouis

Open-source braille translator and back-translator.

thaibraille

Thai braille

braillelib

A Python module that supports conversion between text, image, speech, and braille