Corex CardScan Executive with Version 5.0 Software Review

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(More customer reviews)I was originally very excited about this product and purchased two, one for myself and one for my brother. The CardScan will enable you to scan most of your business cards and save them in your system, thus having it all at your fingertips. The software is great, allowing you to assign categories to all the contacts, to search for contacts in various ways, and allowing export/import/transfer of data to and from PIMs, utility programs and even to PDAs. I use Outlook at work but I find the CardScan software to be more powerful for contact management.
The scanner works well most of the time. With the Auto Scan feature you can set your cards down and, if all goes right, come back later to verify the information. Cards are rapidly read and the images stored until you verify the accurate placement of the card information into the software fields.
This leads me to one of the major problems with the CardScan. Understandably it's difficult to account for all business card formats, with the contact info. being placed in all possible ways. Corex has not fully figured out how to ensure placement of the card info. into the software fields. Only about 50% of the time was most of the info. properly placed. Otherwise you'll have to go through and cut and paste into the correct fields.
The CardScan does not always cleanly scan the business cards. The software is designed to allow you to compare the scanned image of the card to the fields to which the info. was assigned. Good idea but doesn't work so well. To verify that the card was read properly, you'll have to keep your scanned cards with you. Of course, once it's verified you can put the cards away for good.
Two great features of the CardScan: (1) it allows you to scan the back of the business card and (2) you can make your own entries for those cards that are too difficult to read.

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The Corex CardScan Executive 500 is an ingenious device designed to help you organize all the business cards you acquire into an easy-to-use contact database. Simply stick a business card into the scanner, and the CardScan 500's OCR technology extracts such information as names, e-mail addresses, and company, placing them into your contact manager for easy reference.
The CardScan 500 integrates nicely with ACT, GoldMine, Groupwise, Lotus Notes, Lotus Organizer, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Schedule, Sidekick, and other popular programs, while also providing one-touch synchronization with Windows CE and Palm handheld devices. A PC-only device, the CardScan connects to your computer via USB or parallel ports, and can even connect to your digital phone with separately sold Fonesync software and cable.
The CardScan 500 comes backed with a one-year manufacturer's warranty.

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Cardscan Team Review

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(More customer reviews)Works great and fast! I would recommend to anyone with stacks of business cards.

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CardScan Office (600c/V6) Business Card Scanner Review

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(More customer reviews)If you collect business cards, then this is a cost effective way to get the data into your ACT!, Outlook or a number of other databases. You'll save money and have more accurate data.
The software parsing works unbelievably well. In lay terms parsing means that the software knows what is a company name and what is an email address and puts them into the right place, unless the font is highly graphical. The older models couldn't read white type on dark cards, but this one can. Also, once you receive it and have the box sitting on your desk, it seems intimidating to install, but it only takes about 1/2 hour to install so that the data goes automatically into ACT!.
I test alot of software/hardware products but most of them I return. The card scanner and the palm pilot are my two staples. This product I not only use but demo. It's very impressive. And years later clients thank me for having recommended it.

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A clever idea who's time has clearly come, the CardScan Office 600c scans business cards in full color, connects to your office's PC via a USB port, and uploads the card into your database using the included CardScan software.
With simple plug-and-play installation, the machine is easy to use: simply feed a card into the slot and then watch as the software deciphers the information on the card and categorizes it into the database. The machine can accurately read cards from United States, Canada, France, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, and other countries. The CardScan Office includes six software licenses (expandable in 3, 5, or 10 user-licensing packs), enabling multiple users to access and update shared information from one database. Individual users can also create password-protected databases for private contacts. Other features include AutoMap, expanded connectivity to synchronize with more handheld devices and mobile phones, and access to CardScan.Net where users can access their business card database via any Web browser.
Small enough to fit in your hand, and durable enough to take to trade shows and meetings, the CardScan Executive is a great way to organize the stacks of business cards that would otherwise clutter your briefcase, wallet, or desk.
The CardScan Office is just right for a six-person team, but if you're looking for a CardScan just for yourself, check out the CardScan Executive 600c V6.

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Iriscard Mini 4 Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought the iriscard mini because I was looking for a way to keep all my business cards and contacts organized. At the end of the month, I always had a pile of business cards racked up from the various trade shows and conferences I attended that month. The iriscard mini helped me transfer all those contacts eliminating my stack of business cards. The iriscard mini is so portable I would bring it along with me to the trade shows and scan the business cards in my hotel room that night. It is an extreme organizational tool that I could not live without. For all you card collectors out there, this is a must have in your briefcase!

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Genius ColorPage BR600 Portable Business Card Scanner Review

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(More customer reviews)Unfortunate for this scanner, I own a Cardscan 700c which does a great job at scanning business cards and has very slick software which builds the contact list, imports or exports contacts from/to popular programs, creates entries that have the front and back of the cards, has drag and drop functionality, and more.
I purchased this Genius ColorPage BR600 as a gift for my better half who recently became a Real estate agent. Of course, she has seen my Cardscan in action in the past. Her comment about this Genius scanner was "you could tell its a lower priced and inexpensive scanner. If the print on the card is in anyway faint, this scanner will not pick it up". Also, she has business cards that have black backgrounds with white text (business cards of the agents where she works). This scanner can not scan and OCR them, but the Cardscan scanner does well with these cards.
If cost is the most important thing to you, then this is a good product. But if you are looking for a scanner which can scan almost anything you give it, you should spend more and get a Cardscan product.

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Penpower WorldCard Ultra Business Card Scanner (Windows) Review

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(More customer reviews)OK, I have several Intel Macs, and an iPhone. When my job suddenly changed to a strong marketing role, I had to manage the huge stack of business cards I'd collected over the years, it was no longer sufficient to say "that number is here somewhere" as I flip through a stack of cards.
The hardware is good. Small, lightweight, I can throw it in my laptop case and go. A short USB cable is integrated, and it comes with a extension cable which I've yet to need. The little flip-down cover is fine, I suppose it keeps dirt out when carrying it around. I'd almost prefer a pouch to carry it in.
OCR sucks everywhere, it's as good here as it is anywhere. That means you will do a lot of editing. Don't think you won't. More on this in a moment.
The drivers went on easily, and the device was instantly recognized. I was scanning in under 5 minutes.
Here's the rub. The bundled software, WorldCard, looks like it would be incredible. But that's Windows only application, no touchy for us Mac users. WorldCard Express is bundled for Mac users, and it is nothing to write home about.
I think that most of the functionality the WorldCard promises is provided by a combination of WorldCard Express and the Mac Address Book. If the conversion between the two was seamless, I would have no complaints, but it isn't. You will basically perform two levels of edit on every card you input.
When you scan, you'll click on 'Edit', and a fairly accurate representation of the card will appear in editable fields. You have an opportunity to fix OCR issues here. It's cool that items that weren't recognized go into a separate area you can cut and paste from to put them where they need to be. Get comfortable with your "Apple X" and "Apple V" keyboard shortcuts, the mouse will drive you crazy here. When you're done, you click a button and off to your address book the card goes.
Now comes the problem. WorldCard Express has no concept of "First Name" and "Last Name", nor does it understand "City, ST, ZIP." So all your names will go into the "Last Name" field of your address book, and that is unsatisfactory for most users. The entire address goes into the address field, and City State and Zip are left blank. Not functional at all. This means that you really have to perform two levels of editing on each card for it to be useful.
So, having said all that, it's still considerably faster then typing in every card, and if you have a sharp eye to catch the expected OCR errors, it is certainly more accurate then typing in each card. Over several days, in my spare time and with the part-time help of an assistant, I've caught up on 5 years of cards. Keeping up will be a breeze. I like it, I will use it, I do not regret purchasing it (of course, the company paid for it). I will be watching for improvements to WorldCard Express, or a full version of WorldCard for Mac.
By the way, for you Mac Thunderbird users, google Mac Address book with Thunderbird and you'll find instructions for a slick way to link your Mac Address book to Thunderbird that takes about 15 minutes to install and configure and works well. Supposedly this will be included in Thunderbird 3.0, but it's a unofficial download add-on with configuration for now.

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Streamline your business card collection with the palm-sized Penpower WorldCard Ultra Business Card Scanner, which allows you to digitally preserve and sort your professional and personal contacts to suit your needs. An instinctive slot-in design with dust cover makes this business card scanner easy to use and smaller than ever, making it the perfect addition to your next business trip or conference.
Once your business cards have been scanned, this sophisticated business card scanner enables you to import, export, and synchronize your personal and professional data with all major personal organization software and smart phones. You'll be able to easily scan double-sided business cards and images into a single business card entry, while a full text advanced search feature quickly locates or sorts the contacts you need.
A unique multiple language recognition feature allows you to keep your international contacts organized, while the Unicode design easily displays multi-lingual business cards without error. Up to 65,535 sub-categories provide you with the flexibility to organize contacts according to your personal preferences.
This compact 4-by-3.5-by-1-inch WorldCard business card scanner lets you directly scan contact information into Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Contacts and ACT! without launching Worldcard software. Once your contact information is digital, simply drag and drop it into documents or email. This product comes with a variety of print templates and formats for printing, or helps you design your own templates. It comes backed by a one-year limited manufacturer's warranty.
What's in the Box WorldCard A8 color business card scanner, USB cable, WorldCard software CD, user's manual, calibration card, and registration card.

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CardScan Executive Card Scanner (Mac) Review

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(More customer reviews)Fortunately, I was eligible for a $179 competitive upgrade direct from the manufacturer for an old CardScan Windows brick I found down in my basement in the box of orphaned peripherals. I had loved CardScan back in my Windows days, but had lost hope that they would come out with a Mac version. In the meantime, I had struggled with the kludgey I.R.I.S. business card scanner for mac and its flakey crapware that really didn't integrate with Mac Address Book all that well and had a horrible OCR recognition error rate and field parsing engine and seemed to run like it was written in Javascript.
Well, I'm happy that the Mac version of CardScan works flawlessly for me with a typical Mac setup (an Intel Mac Book Pro running 10.5.5.) and that setup was a snap. With some trepidation, I synched with my Address Book and no precious contact data was lost or damaged. I then scanned some business cards and it parsed the various fields with almost 100% accuracy, including some tricky company names in graphic logos, and put the data in a suggested "inspector" window. One click to verify (or change any fields with a linked zoom to the card pane view) and the new card data is in the CardScan database and then synched with your mac Address Book.
Couldn't be easier! Very satisfied user! While I'm not a frequent Amazon reviewer or any kind of computer expert, I wanted to post a counter review to the two negative reviews recently posted. While individual products and installations can sometimes be flaky and your mileage may vary, I found this CardScan product to be as good as I remember the Windows version being and better, because everything's better on a Mac (including Address Book being better than the fugly Outlook ecosystem).

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The CardScan Executive for Mac User Interface and Business Card Scanner make it easy to capture and manage your valuable contact information. Featuring software designed from the ground up to work with features of the Mac Leopard OS, this system lets you consolidate contact information from business cards and electronic documents, including email signatures and web sites. In addition, this scanner makes it easy to sync contacts in your Address book, iPod, and iPhone to meet your on-the-go needs.
The easy-to-navigate UI was designed to maximize existing features of your Mac. View larger. Capture Contact Information The CardScan Executive scanner can scan up to 20 business cards a minute in color. Known for fast, accurate performance, the scanner works with native Mac software to help you convert the data on business cards into a digital form that's easy to use.
You can also use the CardScan software to consolidate contact information from electronic sources, including web sites and email signatures. With drag-and-drop performance, the CardScan makes creating a complete contact record as easy as highlighting the contact data you want, dragging it over the list area of the CardScan window, and releasing.
Designed to work with Mac OS 10.5.3+ (Leopard), the new easy-to-use CardScan interface combines Mac-specific design with many of the functions that have made CardScan for Windows an award-winning choice for business professionals. Updated CardScan sofware for Windows is also included in the Executive package, so you can be sure you'll have access to the version that meets your needs.
Manage Contacts With Ease Once your contacts are entered in the CardScan software, you can assign single or multiple customizable categories to each one. This makes it easy to sort contacts, view them in groups, and prepare lists of contacts for email or direct mail. Plus with the easy-to-use Print Wizard, creating custom envelopes, labels, and more is hassle-free. All this means that outreach projects get done faster and are easier to keep track of.
Using the "Batch Scan" feature to scan a whole stack of business cards at once lets you quickly assign several cards the same category or notes, saving you time. And when you can't remember someone's name, but you know what their business card looks like, the image view feature lets you fan through color images of all your scanned business cards.
Stay in Sync on the Move Keep your contact list up-to-date across the applications and mobile devices that you use on a daily basis. Since CardScan can be set up to sync automatically with Mac's Address Book, it's easy to keep the contact lists in your iPhone, iPod, and MobileMe network in synch, too. It's equally easy to export information as vCards (electronic business cards) to other software, including Microsoft Entourage.
All CardScan products offer a risk-free 30-day trial. And all new CardScan Executive systems include software for both Windows and Mac OS.
What's in the Box Color business card scanner, software for Mac OS and Windows.

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CardScan Personal v8 Card Scanner Review

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(More customer reviews)This product definitely saves time, but it's NOT 100% accurate. Company and people's names aren't always scanned properly, nor are they put in the correct category (company name, mobile, etc.)
Admittedly, many fonts and logos on business cards make the company name hard to decipher (even for me!) so I can't totally blame this on the scanner. Considering how many diverse types of business cards exist in this world, it does a pretty good job.
The good news is that this product seems to understand NUMBERS very well, and I generally find numbers the most challenging characters to enter since I actually need to pay close attention (and therefore take more time).
Another aspect I like about this scanner is that it's highly portable. It small in size, includes a USB cable (which powers the device), and comes with a carrying case that accommodates both the scanner and cable. Definitely a nice feature to have.
So far I'm pleased with this item. I scanned, organized and "verified" 40 business cards in about 20 minutes, which I think is decent time. Typing them into Outlook would've taken me about 2 hours, or 3 hours factoring in "distractions."
Overall, I feel this is a good business tool to have, and Amazon's low price makes it a good value overall.

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CardScan Personal is the smallest most affordable system from CardScan -- ideal for the user on the go. Synchronizes easily with Outlook, PDAs and smart phones. Monochrome scanning in about 5 seconds per card.

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