Cardreader – Scan your business cards

Yet another business card reader for the iPhone. This one promises to deliver much better results. It also woks with elder models of the iPhone.

Price: $4.99 1,59 €
Would I buy again: Likely
Learning Curve: Easy
Who is it for: Business Travelers
Version tested: 1.1 on iPhone 3GS, OS 3.1.2
Comparable Apps: Business Card Reader, Worldcard Mobile
Available Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
This App was tested by Richard
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Technically the Cardreader is outstanding, on the operating side we experienced some glitches – plus – the handling could be much better.

This is how it works:

• The Cardreader starts by loading data from your address book
• To scan a new business card, you take a picture of a business card
• The app is scanning the information and puts it into the corresponding field of your address book
• nice feature about this reader: it maks recognition problems red – so you know where you might need to do some corrections
• the typing is a little complicated too, especially to access the part that you need to fix
• Once the corrections have been made you press ‘done’ and the data is stored in your address book
• In the settings menu you can adjust the camera with features like shake protection
• load dictionaries to recognize your language better

What I like about Cardreader:

• best text recognition on the iPhone
• works with 2G and 3G models
• highlights recognition problems

What I don’t like so much:

• bugs in the address book
• accessibility (buttons too tiny)
• correction mode needs makeover

Tagged as: App, Business, Camera, iPhone, Office, Productivity, Tools