ass2esl: Advanced Substation Alpha to Expressive Subtitle Language
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**ESL** is an open-source initiative defining a rich, human-readable subtitle format designed for expressive and dynamic text presentations. It leverages the clarity of HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) to provide a comprehensive framework for timed text, intricate styling, complex motion effects, and karaoke.
## Usage
**Read an ASS file and convert it to ESL:**
```js
import convertASStoESL from '@openanime/ass2esl';
import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
const assFile = readFileSync('example.ass', 'utf-8');
const eslContent = convertASStoESL(assFile);
console.log(eslContent); // Outputs the ESL content
```