On Sat, 31 Jan 2009, Dave Mielke wrote: > Since the braille already shows the pronunciation, what if we just show the > English definition. That should clarify which word it is. Would that be > sufficient? For a few people that's sufficient, but for most others it isn't.
> Another question for my curiosity: If the braille is the same for two > characters then wouldn't that also mean that the spoken pronunciation is the > same? If so, then wouldn't spoken Chinese have the same problem? How is that > resolved? We always understand them by context. > I know that Chinese shows the difference between words by the tone in which > they are spoken. Does the braille representation also show the tone? Yes. _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
