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The issue is because it connects with a website right? I wonder if there could be a way to encode the text of the menu in the QR code itself
The QR code would be huge lol
The largest can fit like 500-1k words, a restaurant menu could be less than that I think
Yes web site is the issue.
Cannot embed menu instead because the QR code is a URL.
Why does QR code have to be URL only
Mostly because otherwise you'd need an app that knows how to read and display the data
oh, I don't use my phone much, assumed they should be able to show some kind of plaintext from a QR code by default
You can. I've encoded text in QR codes using both an android app and a desktop program.
The QR code would be so big you may as well just print a full menu instead. Here, for example, is a QR code containing the first two paragraphs of the US Declaration of Independence:
It would have to be much, much bigger if you want to include any pictures.
Still seems much better than linking to a website.
When it is that big you may as well print a conventional menu rather than QR code.
Only if you're giving everyone a copy, could be a big central printout, screen or projector.