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The better solution would be to provide an option that would send the
text to a braille translator (with the appropriate formatting codes
included). The output would then be returned as contracted (Grade II)
braille. A transformation tool could be used to convert the start/end
tags of the XML input to appropriate formatting codes for the braille
translator.

Several translators are already available as free software
(open-source), though there is a need for better software in this
area.