Getting Started
Business Card Scan will extract, analyse and format the details on the business cards that you scan and automatically categorise them in to name, phone number, email address and web link fields.
Business Card Scan can be used on your iPhone and iPad, with a single download from the App Store and cards will be synced between devices using iCloud.
Instructions
1 - Open the scanner
The first time you open the app you will be shown the "Scan Business Card" button in the middle of the screen. Press this button to open the scanner view.
You may be asked to grant access to the camera. This only has to be done once, on the first time that you try to scan a card.
2 - Scan your first card
Once you have opened the scanner view, hold the camera over the business card that you would like to scan. For best results, make sure the card is on a clear background of a different colour to your card. When the scanner has detected a card, the "Scan Card" button will become available. Tap the "Scan Card" button and scanner will automatically crop to the edges of the card and enhance the image.
3 - Data viewer
The app will start processing the card and the AI OCR feature will scan the image of the card for names, phone numbers, email addresses, web links and other data. This will automatically be categorised in to the relevant fields and sections. Any unknown data will be placed in to the "Other" Section which you can then manually label.
Accuracy of the text recognition feature can not be gaurenteed and should ALWAYS be checked after importing a new card.The data viewer will be shown automatically after the processing is complete.
4 - Label Custom Fields (Optional)
Any data that is recognised but could not be added to one of the pre-defined sections will be added to the "Other" section. You can add custom titles/desctiptions for this data by pressing in the empty "Data" field placeholder above each of the "Other" data items.
5 - Delete Fields (Optional)
You can delete any of the fields in the "Phone Numbers", "Email Addresses", "Web Links" and "Other" fields by pressing on the small "Trash Can" icon in the bottom right corner next to that data field. You will be shown an alert to confirm that you would like to delete this data.
6 - Delete Card (Optional)
You can delete the whole card, inclduing all data and the card scan image by scrolling to the bottom in the data viewer for the card, then pressing the red "Delete" button. You will be shown an alert to confirm that you would like to delete the card.
7 - Scan another card
To scan another card or view your other cards in the grid view, first dismiss the data viewer by scrolling to the top and swiping down to dismiss the view. You can also dismiss the data view by scrolling to the bottom and pressing "Dismiss". Once you are back at the card grid view, press the blue "Scan" button in the centre at the bottom of the screen.
