<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Good example. If I try to find </span>mão (hand) with the tilde, I can retrieve the following in the LIBRAS Sign Puddle.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><form action="/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php" method="POST"><table cellpadding="5"><tbody><tr><td><table cellpadding="5" border=""><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2">Termos e Títulos</td><td colspan="3"><input size="50" name="sTrm" value="mão" type="input"></td></tr><tr><td><input name="type" value="any" checked="checked" type="RADIO">Qualquer parte da palavra</td><td><input name="type" value="start" type="RADIO">Início da palavra</td><td><input name="type" value="exact" type="RADIO">Palavra exata</td></tr><tr><td>Texto</td><td colspan="3"><input
size="50" name="sTxt" value="" type="input"></td></tr><tr><td>Fonte</td><td colspan="3"><input size="50" name="sSrc" value="" type="input"></td></tr><tr><td>Puddle página</td><td colspan="3"><input size="10" name="pid" value="" type="input"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sTrm=*">Ver todas as entradas</a></td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><br></td></tr></tbody></table></form><table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=2163&sTrm=m%C3%A3o&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&">* irmão</a><br><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=2686&sTrm=m%C3%A3o&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&">Configuração de mão</a><br></td><td valign="top"><a
href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=2438&sTrm=m%C3%A3o&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&">Costurar à mão</a><br><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=629,2258&sTrm=m%C3%A3o&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&">irmão</a><br></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=2652&sTrm=m%C3%A3o&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&">limão</a><br><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=2596&sTrm=m%C3%A3o&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&">Limão</a><br></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=526&sTrm=m%C3%A3o&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&">mamão</a><br><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><div>With "mao" without the tilde, I find
<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><form action="/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php" method="POST"><table cellpadding="5"><tbody><tr><td><table cellpadding="5" border=""><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2">Termos e Títulos</td><td colspan="3"><input size="50" name="sTrm" value="mao" type="input"></td></tr><tr><td><input name="type" value="any" checked="checked" type="RADIO">Qualquer parte da palavra</td><td><input name="type" value="start" type="RADIO">Início da palavra</td><td><input name="type" value="exact" type="RADIO">Palavra exata</td></tr><tr><td>Texto</td><td colspan="3"><input size="50" name="sTxt" value="" type="input"></td></tr><tr><td>Fonte</td><td colspan="3"><input size="50" name="sSrc" value="" type="input"></td></tr><tr><td>Puddle página</td><td colspan="3"><input size="10" name="pid" value=""
type="input"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sTrm=*">Ver todas as entradas</a></td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><br></td></tr></tbody></table></form><table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=1097&sTrm=mao&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&">bordado a mao</a><br></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=3015&sTrm=mao&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&">compar maos</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;">Portuguese word searches in Google will read any alphabetic character with or without accents, tildes, circumflexes, or diersis, all of which make a difference in Portuguese. If I do not put in the accents, I can't find the words easily. <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Charles Butler<br>chazzer3332000@yahoo.com<br>240-764-5748<br>Clear writing moves business forward.<br></div> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Madson
Barreto <barretobh@GMAIL.COM><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:14 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> CASE SENSITIVE IN SIGNPUDDLE<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1068514477"><div><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></div></div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>