Dialing shortcuts with commas no longer work in iOS 8; how to fix?

In iOS 7 I would use a dialing short cut for all of my conference calls as this allowed a nice easy way for people to dial into meetings hands free. There has always been the option of using the semicolon (;) which requires another touch by the user or using commas (,) as pauses which can get you through all the prompts on a conference line without having to type any information. iOS 8 quit reading the commas and will only hyperlink the phone number prior to the commas. Are there any workarounds for this?
This series of numbers: 8881234567,,,12345678#,# used to work as a hyperlink and was in the subject line and the body of the message. The user of the device didn't have to do anything other than touch the hyperlink on the calendar notification and it would complete the full dialing sequence for them.
The text remains the exact same as above however now only the 8881234567 is a hyperlink. I can use the semicolon but it is really inconvenient if you are driving and have to use your screen..
This behavior happens in Calendar, Mail, Notes, etc. The only place that this will work is if it is directly copied into the dialing field on the Keypad screen of the phone.
Are there any work arounds? Or this is just two steps backward that we have to live with?

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