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.
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