The New Android Scanners

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Today’s business card scanner has been updated and is a must for any businessperson.  It has a different look and utilizes different technology than past models.  By adding a scanning application to an Android mobile device, it’s possible to capture the image of a business card in three easy steps, thus making it simple to obtain all the necessary information right from the address book.

 

The Android card scanner allows you to capture the image of a business card with an Android phone camera, and save the information with technology known as ABBYY BCR.  The system is intelligent enough to discern important features on a business card such as the e-mail and physical addresses, the telephone number, job title and company name.  It then saves the data in the proper fields or exports it to a location of your choosing i.e. your e-mail address.

 

As an added benefit, an Android card scanner will let you obtain further details about your contact.  This can be done with its search feature which connects you to Facebook and Linkedln as well as Twitter.  An Android card scanner will also allow you to conduct a search for an address.  And it will reduce the time it takes you in finding a particular contact.

 

The ABBYY BCR counts with an “intelligence” that surpasses that of most business card scanners.  If it doesn’t recognize a symbol or word on a business card, it will highlight it and display it rather than exclude it.  The new Android card scanner advances make it possible for a device to read three languages simultaneously on a business card; and it allows it to scan the information in 19 different languages.  It even makes it possible for it to discern between different dialects like Bokmal and Nynorsk.

 

If cost is of concern, this can be the alternative to purchasing a regular business card scanner.  You’ll find that the applications for reading business cards are affordable.  And fret not, for image quality is never an issue.  They usually integrate optical character recognition, so there’s no need to worry about having the proper lighting or capturing the card from the right angle.  You may even consider adding an “augmented reality view” feature which lets you view the contact information as you rotate the mobile device.  Carrying a stack of cards is now a thing of the past.