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Search for Arabic content does not interpret characters well
posted by DaveSTAFFMOD on June 20, 2024 at 9:15 PM
The following two names are identical with a small delta in punctuation, in searching for TV Show, I'm able to search for this given TV Show with U+0625 and not U+0627
*إلا الطلاق *: The first character is إ (U+0625), which is an "Alef with Hamza below". It is used to indicate a glottal stop sound.
*الا الطلاق *: The first character is ا (U+0627), which is a plain "Alef" without any Hamza. This is the more common form of Alef used at the beginning of words.
Reply by Travis Bell
on July 2, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Hi @davidels,
What's the full search request you're making?
Reply by Dave
on July 2, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Hey @travisbell,
I’m using tv shows search api for “ إلا الطلاق ”
Reply by Travis Bell
on July 2, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Right, but I need to see the complete request.
Reply by Dave
on July 17, 2024 at 12:57 AM
@travisbell was this fixed? I can't seem to reproduce anymore by trying the same request?
Reply by Travis Bell
on July 19, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Hi @davidels,
I have not done anything related to this, no.