Index: src/main/java/org/apache/tika/server/TikaResource.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/tika/server/TikaResource.java	(revision 1326507)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/tika/server/TikaResource.java	(working copy)
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -123,7 +134,7 @@
 
   @PUT
   @Consumes("*/*")
-  @Produces("text/plain")
+  @Produces("text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
   public StreamingOutput getText(final InputStream is, @Context HttpHeaders httpHeaders, @Context final UriInfo info) {
     final AutoDetectParser parser = createParser();
     final Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
@@ -134,7 +145,8 @@
 
     return new StreamingOutput() {
       public void write(OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException, WebApplicationException {
-        BodyContentHandler body = new BodyContentHandler(new WriteOutContentHandler(outputStream) {
+        OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream, "UTF-8");
+        BodyContentHandler body = new BodyContentHandler(new WriteOutContentHandler(writer) {
           @Override
           public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {
             super.startElement(uri, localName, qName, attributes);