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I was looking for a business card scanner to help digitize my collection of cards. Based on my background (see below) I knew that there wouldn't be a perfect scanner out there and would have to find the best one available. I have tried a couple out now and this one is the best so far. It was easy to setup, works as it should, and has minimal errors.Setup:The setup is pretty easy and straight forward. Install the provided software (and activate it), plug in the scanner, calibrate it, and start scanning your cards. No OCR technology is perfect so it's important to check the data after the scan to make sure it's accurate. I know that's not ideal, but there is not (and may never be) an OCR software that is 100% accurate.Reason for 5 stars:It's very rare that I give 5 stars to a product that doesn't work 100% of the time but here is why. I am very familiar with OCR technologies and the software that is available in the marketplace and not a single one will be perfect. It's not the software's fault, it's the images you're scanning. It would have to be the most crystal clear image with no pictures or fancy fonts to get a perfect read. After testing out several different business card readers, this one is by far the best and most reliable. It is the best of the best (even though it's not perfect) which gets it 5 stars (I'm open to comments with your thoughts on giving 5 stars to a product that isn't perfect but is the best of its kind).My Background:I am a data consultant and work with large volumes of vendor invoices (up to hundreds of thousands for some projects) and run Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to turn the images into text-searchable documents. I have spent countless days researching the best OCR software available to use at my company, and the best one still isn't all that great. It's not always the software's fault, more often than not, it's poor quality images that are difficult to interpret (O's and zeros often mixed up, etc.). It's crazy to think that in 2016 there still isn't a way to reliably convert images into text-searchable documents, but hey, we do the best we can. Because of this, I knew going into this purchase that unless the business card was white, contained no images, and used a very basic font that it would likely have some errors.Overall I am very happy with this scanner. So far it is the best one I have tried and does a pretty good job. While I may have to make some corrections every now and then, it still saves me a significant amount of time versus inputting the business card manually. If you are looking to purchase a business card scanner then I would highly recommend this one. There are limitations with all OCR programs, but this one performs the best and will have the fewest errors.Writing in-depth reviews to help other shoppers has become a hobby of mine. If you found this review helpful please mark as helpful below. Also, feel free to ask any questions and I will answer them for you!

Working with a large, spread out group, our company is testing out a number of portable scanners specifically for business card files. The World Card scored at the very bottom. Took multiple scans to get a card correct, the image quality was poor, and the software did a shoddy job of interpreting the data from the card to the file. One star, because we can't give it zero. The Fuji ScanSnap 1100 rated the highest out of the 8 that we tested. Consistent and very easy to use, plus can scan full pages. We did like the size of the World Card, but as stated, great idea, poorly executed. Skip it.

It works! I accumulated over 300 business cards and this did the job far better than the CardCam app on my iphone ever could. The scanner scans images in black and white and the more exotic cards with colorful backgrounds or odd shaped logos will end up needed special care after the scanning is completed. All told, from installation to the scanning of the final card, the whole process took about 2 hours. There are a few problems which keep this from getting 5 stars.1. Cards images are rarely ever scanned properly. As the card feeds into the scanner, the cards tend to swerve to the right or left, creating a cruved image. In most cases, this isn't an issue and the information on the card gets scanned just fine even with this distortion. But, if you want the image to be high quality, this isn't the scanner for you.2. As with many optical character recognition (OCR) software, there is almost always a degree of guesswork when scanning certain fonts. Fonts in frequently used families (e.g. Courier, Times New Roman, etc.) come out fine, but all others are 50/50 at best.3. Cards don't fully eject from the device when the scan is complete. Not a big deal breaker, but when doing large batch scans, it can add a level of inconvenience.Of the 300 scans, a few problems did pop up repeatedly.1. If the image is curved after the scan, phone numbers and other contact information may be affected. (An "i" could be interpreted as an "l" and vice-versa.2. When one phone number is separated from another by a "|", you may get an extra digit in the phone number.3. Phantom company names seems to be a recurring problem. I can't blame the software as it seems to be isolated to cards from individuals with long titles or long department names being mistaken for company names.4. The software is well designed for identifying these problems and made resolving them very easy. I could sort by multiple fields and find the cards for individuals with missing names, missing companies, etc. and correct them pretty quickly.Overall, it's the easiest card scanner I've used. I wish the image quality of scans was better and the card feeder better able to capture the card without distortion.