<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Hello Valerie and everyone,</span><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><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 style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><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 style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2">Example:</font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2">- Someone saved the sign 'Casa' / 'House' (capitalized/
uppercase)</font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><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 style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2">=> Another issue is the ACCENTS.</font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><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 style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2">So, if someone saves the sign for 'ímpar' / unpaired with accent (is correct) and a deaf man seeks the sign 'impar' without accent (is incorrect) or accent in the wrong place 'impár' (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 style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><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 style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2">Thanks,</font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><font size="2">Madson and Raquel Barreto</font></div></div></div></body></html>