From 0b6138e09562f445c258ff6152e04df84c99b0fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: davi_zucon <davi.zucon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:01:59 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid problems in str.format() with char accents

---
 chatterbot/utils/read_input.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/chatterbot/utils/read_input.py b/chatterbot/utils/read_input.py
index 28b5433e0..91324dcbb 100644
--- a/chatterbot/utils/read_input.py
+++ b/chatterbot/utils/read_input.py
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ def input_function():
         user_input = str(raw_input())
     else:
         user_input = input()
+
+    if user_input:
+        user_input = user_input.decode('utf-8')
+        
     return user_input