CSSN Portable Business Card Scanner and Reader - Scan2Contacts

by Card Scanning Solutions

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 2 x 1.6 inches ; 7.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000GFD13C
• Item model number: scan to contacts
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #81 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Scanners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 14, 2006

Product Description

The new Portable Business Card Scanner and Reader - Scan2Contacts is an easy to use and accurate, add-on Business card scanning software for Microsoft Outlook ® contacts management. The business card scanner and reader scans business cards and automatically creates a new contact record. The textual data is extracted from the business card using OCR - Optical Character Recognition technology, and inserted to the appropriate contact fields and the image file of the card is attached (color image scanned by the business card scanner). Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader works directly from within Outlook ®. Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader is fully integrated and while installing, a small toolbar is added to Outlook ® and is loaded while startup. Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader is the only business card scanner and reader that does not require cards to be scanned into another application before the information can be entered into Outlook ®. Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader eliminates the need to manually type new leads into Outlook ®. Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader creates complete and accurate contact information, in a few seconds. With its portable small footprint mobile ScanShell 800N OCR scanner, it is the ideal business card scanner and software. Just plug in the scanner, open up Outlook and the program is ready to go. Feed a card into the scanner tray and watch how the card is automatically detected, scanned and neatly filed in Outlook. Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader is: - Fully integrated into Microsoft Outlook ® - Auto-detect function - Extracts both data and image - Only few seconds per scan - No external power needed - No need to install any 3rd party software - No need to learn any new software - No more syncing or exporting - Fully mobile small footprint business card scanner and reader

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scans right into Outlook with no mistakes, February 7, 2008

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Jon Hopkins (Mequon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CSSN Portable Business Card Scanner and Reader - Scan2Contacts (Electronics)

I was looking for something that would just scan cards directly into an outlook contact without going through clumsy intermediate contact management tools. This does it perfectly. Plugged it in, ran the install, calibrated and was scanning cards into outlook in about 5 minutes. couldn't be easier.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed, September 16, 2009

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E. R. Jones - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CSSN Portable Business Card Scanner and Reader - Scan2Contacts (Electronics)

It set up and worked relatively easily with Vista and XP. It does very well with simple cards. No editing required. If the card has lot's of logo graphics or odd fonts, it has some trouble. It will also occasionally mix up an 'i' with an 'l', but that is understandable. Recalibration reduces the problem. It also did not recognize hand written corrections on cards.

The big plus however, is that it has a very slick interface with Outlook Contacts. When it scans a card, it loads what it read into the New Contact window and awaits your edits. It also drops a .jpg of the card right into the notes section for easy comparison. That makes corrections easy and allows you to toss the cards.

I was not expecting a magic reader and it isn't, but it definitely helped me clean up Contacts and the hundreds of accumulated cards.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just ok, November 4, 2008

By 

Book lover "Vicki" (Webster, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CSSN Portable Business Card Scanner and Reader - Scan2Contacts (Electronics)

I had to return the first scanner I received because it did not work. This company does not provide any telephone contact information; you have to go to their website and send an e-mail. However, once you contact them, they are very helpful and very responsive. The second scanner I received does a good job of reading business cards. I do find it is necessary to check the information for accuracy before saving. The only time there seems to be a problem is when the business card is graphic intensive.