first_name = fields.Char(string='First Name')

middle_name = fields.Char(string='MiddleName')

last_name = fields.Char(string='LastName')

@api.model

def create(self, vals):

     vals['first_name'] = vals['first_name'].title()

     vals['middle_name'] = vals['middle_name'].title()

    vals['last_name'] = vals['last_name'].title()

     return super(Employee, self).create(vals)

Define onchange method for this field. Inside method convert value of field as you like.

You can title() function for this purpose field_name.title().

Pls refer following links:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1549641/how-to-capitalize-the-first-letter-of-each-word-in-a-string-python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12410242/python-capitalize-first-letter-only

the answer for odoo v8 

prenom = fields.Char()

@api.onchange('prenom')

def _compute_upper(self):

for rec in self:

self.prenom = self.prenom.title() if self.prenom else False

Thanks for the response, and here's I have done already.

hr_view.xml

        <!--Employee form view -->

                       <div class="oe_title">
                            <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
                            <h1>
                            <field name="name"  on_change="onchange_name(name)"/>
                            </h1>

On hr.py I have added the below code

def onchange_name(self, cr, uid, ids, name, context=None):
    return {
        'value': {
            'name': name.title()
            }
    }

Got the following errors:

OpenERP Server Error

Client Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/web/addons/web/http.py", line 204, in dispatch response["result"] = method(self, **self.params) File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/web/addons/web/controllers/main.py", line 1125, in call_kw return self._call_kw(req, model, method, args, kwargs) File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/web/addons/web/controllers/main.py", line 1117, in _call_kw return getattr(req.session.model(model), method)(*args, **kwargs) File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/web/addons/web/session.py", line 42, in proxy result = self.proxy.execute_kw(self.session._db, self.session._uid, self.session._password, self.model, method, args, kw) File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/web/addons/web/session.py", line 30, in proxy_method result = self.session.send(self.service_name, method, *args) File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/web/addons/web/session.py", line 103, in send raise xmlrpclib.Fault(openerp.tools.ustr(e), formatted_info) Server Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/web/addons/web/session.py", line 89, in send return openerp.netsvc.dispatch_rpc(service_name, method, args) File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/server/openerp/netsvc.py", line 296, in dispatch_rpc result = ExportService.getService(service_name).dispatch(method, params) File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/server/openerp/service/web_services.py", line 626, in dispatch res = fn(db, uid, *params) File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/server/openerp/osv/osv.py", line 190, in execute_kw return self.execute(db, uid, obj, method, *args, **kw or {}) File "/home/philip/philip/openerp/server/openerp/osv/osv.py", line 132, in wrapper return f(self, dbname, *args, **kwargs) File "/home/philip/ws/openerp/server/openerp/osv/osv.py", line 199, in execute res = self.execute_cr(cr, uid, obj, method, *args, **kw) File "/home/test/philip/openerp/server/openerp/osv/osv.py", line 187, in execute_cr return getattr(object, method)(cr, uid, *args, **kw) AttributeError: 'hr.employee' object has no attribute 'onchange_name'

 I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me in working this problem

Capitalize Firstname and set Name to Uppercase: Just use the tg_partner_firstname from http://thierry-godin.developpez.com/openerp/openerp-module-pos-enhanced-fr/fichiers/openerp_tg_pos_enhanced_package_1.0.1.zip

In python use the code name.title() to Capitalize the first letter in Create method or onchange Method.

EDIT

I tested your code its working without any issue.

Try the below code:-

   <div class="oe_title">
      <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
        <h1>
           <field name="name"  on_change="onchange_name(name)"/>
        </h1>

def onchange_name(self, cr, uid, ids, name, context=None):
    if name:
        return {'value': {'name': name.title()}}
    return {'value':{}}
    
After making these changes, restart the server update your module and test it. It should work.