reading html codes

I'am reading html pages, they have the following code:

http://www.thesauruslex.com/typo/eng/enghtml.htm

will there be an automatic conversion to ascii function?



eg. ampersand eacute;
& euml;
& Ccedil;
& ouml;
& uuml;
& iuml;

e.g.

naäm < ampersand#228;

this forum converts it automatically