diff -r bd8a4ffc7dad -r b32aa76ee411 src/cm/converters/__init__.py
--- a/src/cm/converters/__init__.py	Fri Dec 11 11:17:01 2009 +0100
+++ b/src/cm/converters/__init__.py	Fri Dec 11 11:48:10 2009 +0100
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                        'text/english',
                        'text/enriched'
                       ]:
-        converted_input = input
+        converted_input = to_unicode(input)
         
     ##############################
     # anything looks like code: put them into markdown citation