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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