<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Hello Valerie and everyone,</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">Some time ago we posted here on the list about the issue in Case Sensitive SignPuddle. Then Raquel and I talked with Val by Skype.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">In Brazil many deaf people have difficulty with the Portuguese language due to deficient educational processes in teaching Second Language. Thus, differentiation of uppercase / lowercase can hinder the use of SignPuddle.</font></div><div><font size="2">Example:</font></div><div><font size="2">- Someone saved the sign 'Casa' / 'House' (capitalized/ uppercase)</font></div><div><font size="2">- Then another (or the same) sought the sign 'casa' / 'house' (lowercase). The sign capitalized will not be found, but both mean the same
thing ...</font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">=> Another issue is the ACCENTS.</font></div><div><font size="2">In Brazil the accent is important, but sometimes as much as deaf listeners (especially the deaf) have great difficulty in its use because it is linked to issues phonetic / phonological Portuguese. </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">So, if someone saves the sign for 'odd' / unpaired with accent (is correct) and a deaf man seeks the sign 'odd' without accent (is incorrect) or accent in the wrong place 'odd' (is incorrect), and not will find that the sign has been saved by someone else. This also hinders the use of text translation tool.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">We suggest That the search ignore these differences. This would Facilitate the use of SignPuddle by deaf Brazilian Also.</font></div><div><font
size="2"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">Thanks,</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Madson and Raquel Barreto</font></div></div></div></body></html>