Business Card Reader
By SHAPE Services
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Description
Instant business card recognition right on the iPhone! Featured by Apple on TV!
Works best on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. Macro lens attachment necessary for older iPhone models.
"If you’re a mobile networker, this is an app you’ll definitely like."
TechCrunch
"Business Card Reader for iPhone is way better than the alternative. It’s not free, but it’ll easily pay for itself after your next new business card."
IntoMobile
"The best text scanning app yet."
TouchMyApps
Import contact information right from a business card to your iPhone contact!
Save time! No more entering the contact information manually!
Recognizes English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean!
Business Card Reader takes a business card picture, 'reads' it using text recognition technology, and enters the contact information into appropriate fields, which can easily be checked and corrected, into the iPhone address book.
Business Card Reader is an excellent tool for business professionals, exhibitors at trade shows, exhibitions attendees, and sales personnel.
Features include:
- Multi-lingual accurate business card recognition
- New: Image preprocessing improving recognition results
- Smart post-processing of recognition results: emails, phone numbers, URLs
- Anti-shake image capture
- LinkedIn support. Find the scanned contact with LinkedIn search and read the LinkedIn profile with a built-in browser without leaving the Business Card Reader app.
- Business Card Holder with an ability to search and sort contacts. Send email and call contacts directly from Business Card Holder.
- Merge contacts with existing contacts
- Native iOS4 contacts editor
- Ability to view and copy the recognized results as a text
- Stylish UI
HOW TO GET GOOD RECOGNITION RESULTS
1. Place the business card on a flat surface.
2. Good lighting is a key factor: Ex. A bright desk lamp or direct sunlight on a sunny day is necessary.
3. With the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 make sure the camera is focused on the business card. 3rd party additional lenses required with the older models for good results.
4. Hold the iPhone right above the card. Keep the card aligned with the viewfinder edges and adjust iPhone positioning so that the card fits the screen size.
5. Hold the iPhone firmly and take the picture.
6. After the recognition is done, check the result.
COMPATIBILITY NOTES
- No special equipment is required for using the app on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4.
- If you are using iPhone 2G or 3G, you may need additional gadgets, such as Griffin Clarifi, to improve photo quality.
- Business cards can also be recognized with saved images even without a built-in camera.
See other apps: IM+, IM+ Talk, iDisplay, Barcode Reader, Smart Scanner, RDM+, Mobiscope, GPSed and Headset.
What's New In Version 1.3
Recognition of business cards in Chinese, Japanese and Korean
Customer Reviews
Lousy - just don't recognize very well
I waited for the latest upgrade (1.3), the one that is supposed to work on the iPhone 4. If I could get my money back, I would. This App simply does not recognize text very well. The net result: It takes more time to fix/edit what it has produced than it would to enter the information directly into your computer and then sync with your iPhone. Maybe other business card readers work better than this one. Until I know for sure, I'm not spending any more money on any of these card reader Apps. Caveat Emptor.
Fantastic - mostly
This app has saved me tons of time and I no longer worry about keeping track of cards. I always double check, and on the occasion the software puts a zip code in as a phone number, I just delete it. I haven't had the same issues with the upgrade as other reviewers, but I have had a merge go sideways. Since it keeps a photo of the card you'll have the original data handy if the contact auto-fill didn't work.
Mixed up cards!!
As some others have found out, this app worked fairly well until Apple offered 4.0. After updating the iPhone firmware, BC Reader ate all my contacts. Since then, the BC-Reader updates helped, but after each update it scrambles some of the business cards so they don't match the contacts. It loses some of the cards so I can't reread them into contacts, even though one of the new features allows you to reread old stored cards into contacts. I've lost so many it's too much trouble to keep track of what's missing, and clean up the duplicates and wrong information the program has inserted into my contact list. Make sure you have backed up your contacts and keep them current because this program will corrupt your data on a whim.
- $5.99
- Category: Business
- Updated:Jul 25, 2010
- Current Version:1.3
- 1.3 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
- 11.0 MB
- Languages:English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Seller:SHAPE Services GmbH
- © 2010 SHAPE Services
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later.
