28XX

28XX represents bytes as Unicode Braille characters. In order to achieve this a 28 is added infront of the hexadecimal representation of a byte. The UTF-16 interpretation of the 2-byte combination is then a braille symbol.

It supports byte to braille, as well as braille to byte translation. It can be used to visualize binary or to reduce character count when transmitting bytes in a text-only way.

	X0	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5	X6	X7	X8	X9	XA	XB	XC	XD	XE	XF
0X	⠀	⠁	⠂	⠃	⠄	⠅	⠆	⠇	⠈	⠉	⠊	⠋	⠌	⠍	⠎	⠏
1X	⠐	⠑	⠒	⠓	⠔	⠕	⠖	⠗	⠘	⠙	⠚	⠛	⠜	⠝	⠞	⠟
2X	⠠	⠡	⠢	⠣	⠤	⠥	⠦	⠧	⠨	⠩	⠪	⠫	⠬	⠭	⠮	⠯
3X	⠰	⠱	⠲	⠳	⠴	⠵	⠶	⠷	⠸	⠹	⠺	⠻	⠼	⠽	⠾	⠿
4X	⡀	⡁	⡂	⡃	⡄	⡅	⡆	⡇	⡈	⡉	⡊	⡋	⡌	⡍	⡎	⡏
5X	⡐	⡑	⡒	⡓	⡔	⡕	⡖	⡗	⡘	⡙	⡚	⡛	⡜	⡝	⡞	⡟
6X	⡠	⡡	⡢	⡣	⡤	⡥	⡦	⡧	⡨	⡩	⡪	⡫	⡬	⡭	⡮	⡯
7X	⡰	⡱	⡲	⡳	⡴	⡵	⡶	⡷	⡸	⡹	⡺	⡻	⡼	⡽	⡾	⡿
8X	⢀	⢁	⢂	⢃	⢄	⢅	⢆	⢇	⢈	⢉	⢊	⢋	⢌	⢍	⢎	⢏
9X	⢐	⢑	⢒	⢓	⢔	⢕	⢖	⢗	⢘	⢙	⢚	⢛	⢜	⢝	⢞	⢟
AX	⢠	⢡	⢢	⢣	⢤	⢥	⢦	⢧	⢨	⢩	⢪	⢫	⢬	⢭	⢮	⢯
BX	⢰	⢱	⢲	⢳	⢴	⢵	⢶	⢷	⢸	⢹	⢺	⢻	⢼	⢽	⢾	⢿
CX	⣀	⣁	⣂	⣃	⣄	⣅	⣆	⣇	⣈	⣉	⣊	⣋	⣌	⣍	⣎	⣏
DX	⣐	⣑	⣒	⣓	⣔	⣕	⣖	⣗	⣘	⣙	⣚	⣛	⣜	⣝	⣞	⣟
EX	⣠	⣡	⣢	⣣	⣤	⣥	⣦	⣧	⣨	⣩	⣪	⣫	⣬	⣭	⣮	⣯
FX	⣰	⣱	⣲	⣳	⣴	⣵	⣶	⣷	⣸	⣹	⣺	⣻	⣼	⣽	⣾	⣿

About Braille

The bottom 2 dots represent the positions 7 and 8 since historically braille only had 6 positions and the bottom line was added at a later time. Because of this the top 3 dots of the left side together with the top dot of the right side represent the first 4 bits while the other dots represent the last 2 bits.

1	4
2	5
3	6
7	8

Examples:

Braille	Unicode / UTF-16	<-->	Represented Byte / Hex	Binary
⠏	(U+)280F	<-->	0F	00001111
⣰	(U+)28F0	<-->	F0	11110000
⣿	(U+)28FF	<-->	FF	11111111
⠀	(U+)2800	<-->	00	00000000
⡩	(U+)2869	<-->	69	01101001

TODO

• braille to text/byte translation (done)
• byte/text to braille translation (done)
• take cli input
• files -> braille
• text input -> braille
• braille -> files
• braille -> text / hexadecimal