Ascii art generator for iPhone ?

Question

Hi all,

I want to devlop an application for iPhone which will convert the png image present in iPhone to an Ascii image.

Any guidance to devlop such an application ?

Is there any API/Library available for this ?

Answer 1

There is libcaca on Linux that could help you.

I don't know if there is any portage to iphone API.

Answer 2

If you're not adverse to reading source and/or porting, try looking at aalib (ascii art library): http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/