Business Card Reader
By SHAPE Services
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Description
From the developer of IM+. Featured in iPhone TV commercials. Instant business card recognition right on the iPhone. Import contact information from a business card directly to your iPhone address book. Native LinkedIn integration: contact creation, contact information, picture import and convenient LinkedIn search.
★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
Business Card Reader is an excellent tool for business people, exhibitors at trade shows, expo attendees and sales staff -- anyone who networks regularly!
No need to manually enter contact information -- Business Card Reader provides a time and cost-efficient way to enter and organize important contacts.
Recognizes business cards in English, French, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Business Card Reader takes a picture of a business card, 'reads' it using text recognition technology and automatically fills in appropriate contact information fields in the iPhone address book, which can be easily checked and corrected.
FEATURES INCLUDE:
✓ Accurate recognition of business cards with multi-language support
✓ Smart contact field filling: emails, phone numbers, websites
✓ LinkedIn support: search, contact adding, import of info and photo
✓ Business Card Holder allows you to search and sort contacts, e-mail and call contacts directly.
✓ Anti-shake image capture
HOW TO GET GOOD RECOGNITION RESULTS
1. Place the business card on a flat surface.
2. Good lighting is key: bright desk lamp or direct sunlight are necessary.
3. With the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, make sure the camera is focused on the business card. Older models of iPhone require additional third-party macro lenses.
4. Hold the iPhone right above the card. Keep the card aligned with BCR viewfinder edges and adjust iPhone positioning so that the card fits the screen size.
5. Tap the screen to take the picture.
6. After the recognition is done, you can check the results.
7. Tap Save to add the contact into your iPhone address book.
COMPATIBILITY NOTES
• iOS 4 and later
• Works best on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S
• For older iPhone models you may need additional gadgets, such as Griffin Clarifi case with macro lens to improve the quality of close-up pictures.
• On iPad and iPod Touch the app can be used to recognize business cards from images saved in the photo library.
Other apps by SHAPE Services: IM+, IM+ Talk, iDisplay, Barcode Reader, Smart Scanner, RDM+, Mobiscope, GPSed and Headset.
What's New in Version 2.1
- Native LinkedIn integration: contact creation, contact information, picture import and convenient LinkedIn search.
- UI improvements and bugfixes
iPhone Screenshots
Customer Reviews
I like it
So far everything works pretty good. It's not perfect but for the most part everything uploads correctly, even in bad lighting. Worth it for me.
Human rights specialist.
This App is one of the best yet, as I am in the field ever day networking I can get and share contact with one touch!
Great.
Love it. I work in tourism and participate in a lot of conferences. I can collect over 50 cards in a day. Yes you have to verify the scan but how long would it take to type all those in?
- $4.99
- Category: Business
- Updated: Oct 05, 2011
- Version: 2.1
- Size: 18.0 MB
- Languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Seller: SHAPE Services GmbH
- © 2012 SHAPE Services
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1 or later
