[BRLTTY] about descchar binding

[高生旺]

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.