[ID-4208669]QR Code Generator Problems with Special Characters in vCards
In the actual version of indesign (16.0) there is still an issue with internal generated vCard-QR-Code scanned by an iphone.
In germany there are special Characters called "Umlaute" (ü, ö, ä) or the "sharp s" (ß). If these characters are used in an vCard generated within the buildin function from indesign, they are replaced with other symbols on the iPhone QR-Code-Camera Reader.
I think this is only a Problem of the used vCard-Version. I think indesign uses Version 2.1 if you would just use Version 3.0 this issue does not appear.
please see attached one example
Kind regards from germany
Max
Fix for this issue is available in the latest PreRelease build (20.1.0.28) of InDesign available via Creative Cloud Desktop application (look under the Pre-release tab).
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Michael commented
same here. Please, Adobe, there's a few people out here on the planet who need to use more than just the reduced character set of English language. I find it pretty embarassing that in the year 2021 this can still be an issue in a software. I grew up with these kind of things in the early days of computing and web design, but hello ... still?
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David commented
hello, when you fix that?
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Michi commented
Same issue here. Please fix it.
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Chris commented
When will you solve this little Problem? It still exists and its annoying. really embarrassing for adobe. And we pay for this a lot of money :-/
Its so frustrating!
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Anonymous commented
Adobe Please fix this.
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Anonymous commented
Adobe please fix it!
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Anonymous commented
Hi, InDesign team. I have the same Issue with the reader of my iPhone camera and the special characters like é á or the letter ñ in spanish. When I read back the QR code they are replaced with some other symbols, just like said above on the post.
I hope you could do something about it.
Kind regards
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Yosh commented
How come this is not fixed yet!?
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Claudia commented
We've got the same problem in German language with Ä Ö Ü.
You can't scan the codes with with an iphone. With Android it's working.Please fix.
Thank you!!!
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Nope Hansen commented
Any fix? Sadly no..
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Vojta Lunga commented
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Vojta Lunga commented
Adobe, fix it please. Wrong characters in Business Card are shame :-(
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guido commented
qr code business card generated don´t read in correct form. Specials characters like á or é are incorrectly presented in iphone qr code readers.
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Anonymous commented
Completely agreed with you!
The problem is that the datas are not encoded in UTF.
Other QR code generators (in the web) can do this so Adobe should also be able to do it.
I spent 1 hour chatting with support to learn that is not possible within Indesign! -
Ibrahim Ozdemir commented
Generated QR codes in Business Card Section with non-English letters does not resolve correctly with Contacts App in iOS