Readers of Chinese braille need an efficient system of sound-generated braille and an opportunity to gain access to the character structure. This article presents a brief history of the Chinese braille system and the Chinese character structure, discusses the present Chinese sound-generated braille system and its limitations, and proposes some refinements of the present system and some techniques for instruction.
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