The public beta translates English UEB Grade 1 and Grade 2 in both directions, with Unicode braille or BRF output. Image recognition remains a separate beta workflow.
Translate print to braille and braille to print with an explicit language and code.
Receive Unicode braille or Braille Ready Format together with table, grade and engine metadata.
Upload a braille image and receive detected cells, confidence and translated text.
POST JSON to /api/v1/braille/translate with text, direction, grade and an optional output format. The current beta accepts up to 2,000 characters per request.
Example body: {"text":"Hello","direction":"text-to-braille","grade":2,"language":"en-ueb","format":"unicode"}.
The public text endpoint is available without an API key during beta and is rate limited. Authentication, usage dashboards and paid quotas will be added before the production SLA.
Image recognition will remain separately metered because it requires substantially more processing than deterministic text translation.
Yes. The versioned text beta is available at /api/v1/braille/translate. It is rate limited and does not yet include a production SLA.
English UEB Grade 1 and Grade 2 translation, back-translation, Unicode braille and BRF are available in v1 beta.
Image recognition will likely use a separate metered endpoint because it requires more processing and returns cell-level confidence data.
The public beta is free with rate limits. Production API access will be included in paid plans starting from $99/year (Starter) with authenticated keys, usage dashboards and higher quotas.
Yes. The public beta endpoint is free to use without an API key, limited to 2,000 characters per request. Production plans will include a generous free tier for low-volume use.
The public beta is for testing and development. Commercial API use requires a paid plan with a commercial license. The Pro plan ($290/year) includes commercial use rights.
Unicode braille returns braille pattern characters that are easy to display and copy. BRF (Braille Ready Format) returns a file-oriented cell stream used by embossers and braille software. The v1 beta supports both output formats.