diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4862dc9..645d802 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ALLSRC = $(shell find . -name "*.ms")
 SOELIM_OPTS ?=
 SOELIM = soelim $(SOELIM_OPTS)
 
-SPECHAR = specialchar2ms.sh
+SPECHAR = ./bin/utf8-to-ms.sh
 
 PRECONV_OPTS ?= -e utf-8
 PRECONV = preconv $(PRECONV_OPTS)
diff --git a/bin/utf8-to-ms.sh b/bin/utf8-to-ms.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9051305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/utf8-to-ms.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This program isn't by any mean complete.
+# Most of the accents are handled, however, nothing else currently is.
+# Please, do provide more translations.
+
+# Convert input into hexadecimal and a single byte per line.
+to_hex_one_column()           xxd -p -c 1
+
+# Reverse hexadecimal to original value.
+from_hex()                    xxd -p -r
+
+regroup_lines() awk '
+	BEGIN {
+		line_start=1
+	}
+
+	{
+		if (line_start == 1)
+			line = $1;
+		else
+			line = line " " $1;
+
+		line_start = 0;
+		if ($1 == "0a") {
+			print line;
+			line_start = 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	END {
+		if (line_start == 0)
+			print line
+	}
+	'
+
+hexutf8_to_hexms() sed \
+	-e "s/c3 81/5c 5b 27 41 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 89/5c 5b 27 45 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 8d/5c 5b 27 49 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 93/5c 5b 27 4f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 9a/5c 5b 27 55 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 9d/5c 5b 27 59 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 a1/5c 5b 27 61 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 a9/5c 5b 27 65 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 ad/5c 5b 27 69 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 b3/5c 5b 27 6f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 ba/5c 5b 27 75 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 bd/5c 5b 27 79 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 84/5c 5b 3a 41 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 8b/5c 5b 3a 45 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 8f/5c 5b 3a 49 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 96/5c 5b 3a 4f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 9c/5c 5b 3a 55 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 a4/5c 5b 3a 61 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 ab/5c 5b 3a 65 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 af/5c 5b 3a 69 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 b6/5c 5b 3a 6f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 bc/5c 5b 3a 75 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 bf/5c 5b 3a 79 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 82/5c 5b 5e 41 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 8a/5c 5b 5e 45 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 8e/5c 5b 5e 49 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 94/5c 5b 5e 4f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 9b/5c 5b 5e 55 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 a2/5c 5b 5e 61 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 aa/5c 5b 5e 65 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 ae/5c 5b 5e 69 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 b4/5c 5b 5e 6f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 bb/5c 5b 5e 75 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 80/5c 5b 60 41 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 88/5c 5b 60 45 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 8c/5c 5b 60 49 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 92/5c 5b 60 4f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 99/5c 5b 60 55 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 a0/5c 5b 60 61 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 a8/5c 5b 60 65 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 ac/5c 5b 60 69 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 b2/5c 5b 60 6f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 b9/5c 5b 60 75 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 83/5c 5b 7e 41 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 91/5c 5b 7e 4e 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 95/5c 5b 7e 4f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 a3/5c 5b 7e 61 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 b1/5c 5b 7e 6e 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 b5/5c 5b 7e 6f 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 87/5c 5b 2c 43 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 a7/5c 5b 2c 63 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 85/5c 5b 6f 41 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c3 a5/5c 5b 6f 61 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c5 b8/5c 5b 3a 59 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c5 a0/5c 5b 76 53 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c5 a1/5c 5b 76 73 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c5 bd/5c 5b 76 5a 5d/g"\
+	-e "s/c5 be/5c 5b 76 7a 5d/g"
+
+
+to_hex_one_column | regroup_lines | hexutf8_to_hexms | from_hex