Decode Non-English Characters in 2D Barcodes

You can recognize 2D barcodes for non-English character sets, for example, Turkish, Chinese, Arabic, Latin, Greek and so on. The character limitation is 1000. The sample codes below recognizes barcodes for Turkish and Chinese characters.

Below are code snippets that recognize a Pdf417 barcode for Turkish and Chinese characters.

Recognize a Pdf417 Barcode with Turkish Characters

String dataDir = Utils.getDataDir(RecognizePdf417BarcodeWithTurkishCharacters.class) + "TechnicalArticles/";
// Load barcode image
BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader(dataDir + "barcode.png", DecodeType.PDF_417);

// Read barcode
for (BarCodeResult result : reader.readBarCodes()) {
	// Get byte array and decode
	byte[] bytes = result.getCodeBytes();
	ByteBuffer bytebuf = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
	System.out.println(Charset.forName("windows-1254").decode(bytebuf).toString());
}

Figure: Sample Turkish Pdf417 barcode

Recognize a Pdf417 Barcode with Chinese Characters

String dataDir = Utils.getDataDir(RecognizePdf417BarcodeWithChineseCharacters.class) + "TechnicalArticles/";
// Load barcode image
BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader(dataDir + "barcode.png", DecodeType.PDF_417);

// Read barcode
for (BarCodeResult result : reader.readBarCodes()) {
	// Get byte array and decode
	byte[] bytes = result.getCodeBytes();
	ByteBuffer bytebuf = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
	System.out.println(Charset.forName("MS936").decode(bytebuf).toString());
}

Figure: A sample Chinese Pdf417 barcode