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Without a firm date or pricing for the end of the free scan trial for non-premium Evernote users, my recommendation is to use it while you can. Some minor quibbles aside (you can't edit the Hello notes in either the desktop or iOS versions of the regular Evernote app, for one), Hello is a winner. Hello also links a 'meeting' note to give context to the encounter, rather than leaving a bare contact without metadata. Within a few seconds, the data is detected, and if you're signed into LinkedIn via Hello, the card will be matched with that contact immediately.

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If it can't auto-detect, it falls back to manual mode, but most of the time with a light card on a dark background it nails it in one try. My favorite feature is the heads-up display that automatically detects the card and gives you instant feedback on getting the best image ('use a shallower angle,' 'center the card,' 'hold the phone steady,' etc.) as soon as Hello thinks it's got the shot, it captures the scan automatically. In addition to manual entry and Hello-to-Hello audio contact sharing (very cool, I recommend giving it a try), the beautifully designed app now supports business card scanning - temporarily free for both regular and premium Evernote users, although at some point down the road the regular user scan allowance may be curtailed or changed to IAP.Įvernote's expertise with text recognition and knowledge of the iPhone's camera capabilities seems to have paid off, as Hello is now delivering some of the best and quickest scan results I've seen.

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BCR delivers capable scanning and OCR (using libraries licensed from high-end scanning developer ABBYY, which has its own app suite as well), with a good verification step to make sure that the recognition is matching the actual card data.īCR can quickly export scanned data to your device address book, match LinkedIn connections, and in the latest version it hooks directly into the CRM tools of for marketing and sales pros.Įvernote Hello: I wasn't all that taken with the first version of Evernote's free meet-and-manage contact app it was buggy, and it seemed awkward to ask a new acquaintance 'Mind if I take your picture so I remember you?' Things have definitely changed for the better with January's version 2 release. SHAPE's Business Card Reader: Last year, we noted that the US$4.99 Business Card Reader expanded its offerings with an iPad version of the app.

Here's our five apps rundown of a few good choices for handling business card scanning on the go. If your career or avocation takes you to meetings, trade shows or conferences, chances are you too have a pile of to-be-dealt-with business cards that could stand a good digital shakedown. Even with the option to scan QR Codes, email vCards or bump phones to swap contact information, the venerable business card keeps on trucking - and keeps on making it challenging to leap from analog to digital information. Persistent critters, those little analog cardboard rectangles.

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