The preliminary research on the design of Hanzi Braille. (In Chinese)
汉字盲文设计初探
Yu Sun 孙宇; Chunlian Li 李纯莲
Abstract 摘要
At present, the commonly used braille in mainland China is essentially a “syllabic braille” (or pinyin braille), which shows many deficiencies in pro-moting braille informatization and literacy for people with visual impair-ments. The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for Hanzi Braille to solve the above problems. Based on Mainland Chinese Braille (also called Current Chinese Braille), Hanzi Braille is customized by using the existing braille and adding signs in front of it. These signs, which are associ-ated with radicals of Chinese characters, help distinguishing homophones and expressing the meaning of a Chinese character. Derived from the exist-ing braille, Hanzi Braille breaks through the limitations of traditional braille. To some extent, it can help people with visual impairments integrate into the society of sighted people better and improve the efficiency of conversion between Chinese character and braille in the computer.
Subject Keywords 主题词
Hanzi Braille 汉字盲文 Syllabic braille 音节盲文 Mainland Chinese Braille 现行盲文 Sign 标志位 Homophone 同音字
Journal of Chinese Linguistics vol.47, no.2 (June 2019): 453-464
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