The accuracy of the results are dependent upon many factors, including lighting, steadiness of the phone and focus. To insure that the information is correct, you’ll be able to edit the unverified scans and make changes as necessary.
Once the cards have been scanned, the image is retained and available to view. As each is captured, the results will be queued for editing in card holder mode. It will direct you to add or remove a card. Automatic mode is very easy to use when you have a stack of cards to scan. The brass colored piece is movable to insure that the camera gets the best view for a capture. This is how you would setup for automatically reading business cards. QR mode will convert a QR contact into something recognized by the contacts list. Here you might have copied the signature line of an email. Signature mode will scan the content of your clipboard. Similarly, using photo mode, you can scan a previously captured image of a card. I captured each one and returned the card to the owner for recycling, They were impressed. I recently did this at a meeting where all the people at the table exchanged business cards. Touching card holder displays the contacts list of cards you have scanned and, if you have enabled it, contact information from other lists such as gmail contacts.Ĭamera mode allows you to manually take a picture of a business card and have it scanned without use of the dock. It will read the QR code and setup your smartphone to read business cards. Touching Dock will put the program into automatic mode when using the stand provided. The device comes with 4 codes which will allow you to activate iOS, Android, PC and Mac devices.
The next step is to enter the activation code provided in the package.
Since I have a Moto G, I retrieved the Android version from the Google Play store. It’s not necessary, but I found it very useful. The hardware supplied is a stand that orients the smartphone in an optimum position to take the photo of the card.
The WorldCard Mobile solution is essentially a software application that converts a photo of a business card into text that is then transferred to data fields in a contact data base. With the WorldCard Mobile application and stand for smartphones, I should be able to easily scan the cards and have the data synchronized with my gmail contacts or other contact management software. They’re all important, so I do want to file them, but the old way of manually keeping them in a business card folder seems so inefficient and it’s hard to located the one I want in a hurry. I got a new job! Well, that’s not the subject of the review, but because of the job, I’ve been overwhelmed by the number of business cards I receive. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you.