ODK and Spanish Language Forms

Hello guys, does ODK support forms in languages like Spanish which have
accents and other characters? I am testing with a form that is showing up
funny on my phone.

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I tested this with v1.1.7

··· On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Steven Nsubuga < snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org> wrote:

Hello guys, does ODK support forms in languages like Spanish which have
accents and other characters? I am testing with a form that is showing up
funny on my phone.

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Mobile: +256772712983
snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org
Skype ID: stebugz
Software Developer
AppLab Uganda
To enable the poor, especially the poorest, to create a world without
poverty

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snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org
Skype ID: stebugz
Software Developer
AppLab Uganda
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poverty

yes it should support Spanish characters. I had no problems at all, even
without specifying the encoding... are you getting the same issues with the
emulator? does your phone support Spanish?

pau.

··· 2012/5/21 Steven Nsubuga

I tested this with v1.1.7

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Steven Nsubuga < snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org> wrote:

Hello guys, does ODK support forms in languages like Spanish which have
accents and other characters? I am testing with a form that is showing up
funny on my phone.

--
Steven Nsubuga
Mobile: +256772712983
snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org
Skype ID: stebugz
Software Developer
AppLab Uganda
To enable the poor, especially the poorest, to create a world without
poverty

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Mobile: +256772712983
snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org
Skype ID: stebugz
Software Developer
AppLab Uganda
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poverty

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Just found the problem, it is not with ODK :slight_smile:

··· On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Pau Varela wrote:

yes it should support Spanish characters. I had no problems at all, even
without specifying the encoding... are you getting the same issues with the
emulator? does your phone support Spanish?

pau.

2012/5/21 Steven Nsubuga snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org

I tested this with v1.1.7

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Steven Nsubuga < snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org> wrote:

Hello guys, does ODK support forms in languages like Spanish which have
accents and other characters? I am testing with a form that is showing up
funny on my phone.

--
Steven Nsubuga
Mobile: +256772712983
snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org
Skype ID: stebugz
Software Developer
AppLab Uganda
To enable the poor, especially the poorest, to create a world without
poverty

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Mobile: +256772712983
snsubuga@grameenfoundation.org
Skype ID: stebugz
Software Developer
AppLab Uganda
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poverty

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Hi everyone! Someone have an idea of how to fix my problem....

When I download the database (from ODK Central) it has a lot of problems with the accents in spanish

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Hi @fhas33 ,
are you talking about the submission csv files ?
It seems to be an encoding problem on the spreadsheet tool side. You should try to force the encoding while opening the csv to UTF8.

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Are you using Microsoft Office? It can be troublesome when dealing with CSV files. I've heard that both OpenOffice and LibreOffice tend to have fewer issues.

You might also try searching the internet for general guidance on opening CSV text files in Excel, for example:

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