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does anyone know of a module or database to convert Unicode to ASCII of look-like letters? by that i mean any codes above 127 that have an appearance like or similar to a letter or any character in ASCII gets translated to that letter or character in ASCII that it looks like. for example the letter "A" with a variety of different accent marks or different display effects get translated to "A". if it wants input and/or gives results as numeric codes, that's OK.

Try the unidecode module

>>> from unidecode import unidecode
>>> 
>>> unidecode("L'été à la plage")
"L'ete a la plage"

that's a misleading name. but thinks for the info.