pip install unidecode python from unidecode import unidecode python special_string = "àèìõů" python ascii_string = unidecode(special_string) print(ascii_string) aeiou python from unidecode import unidecode def transform_special_chars(text): return unidecode(text) special_string = "àèìõů" ascii_string = transform_special_chars(special_string) print(ascii_string) aeiou