Business Card Reader - SHAPE Services

Business Card Reader SHAPE Services Genre: Business Price: $3.99 Release Date: October 30, 2009

SPECIAL PRICE! Limited time only! Instant business card recognition right on the iPhone! Featured by Apple on TV! Works best on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. Macro lens attachment necessary for older iPhone models. "If you’re a mobile networker, this is an app you’ll definitely like." TechCrunch "Business Card Reader for iPhone is way better than the alternative. It’s not free, but it’ll easily pay for itself after your next new business card." IntoMobile "The best text scanning app yet." TouchMyApps Import contact information right from a business card to your iPhone contact! Save time! No more entering the contact information manually! Recognizes English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean! Business Card Reader takes a business card picture, 'reads' it using text recognition technology, and enters the contact information into appropriate fields, which can easily be checked and corrected, into the iPhone address book. Business Card Reader is an excellent tool for business professionals, exhibitors at trade shows, exhibitions attendees, and sales personnel. Features include: - Multi-lingual accurate business card recognition - New: Image preprocessing improving recognition results - Smart post-processing of recognition results: emails, phone numbers, URLs - Anti-shake image capture - LinkedIn support. Find the scanned contact with LinkedIn search and read the LinkedIn profile with a built-in browser without leaving the Business Card Reader app. - Business Card Holder with an ability to search and sort contacts. Send email and call contacts directly from Business Card Holder. - Merge contacts with existing contacts - Native iOS4 contacts editor - Ability to view and copy the recognized results as a text - Stylish UI HOW TO GET GOOD RECOGNITION RESULTS 1. Place the business card on a flat surface. 2. Good lighting is a key factor: Ex. A bright desk lamp or direct sunlight on a sunny day is necessary. 3. With the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 make sure the camera is focused on the business card. 3rd party additional lenses required with the older models for good results. 4. Hold the iPhone right above the card. Keep the card aligned with the viewfinder edges and adjust iPhone positioning so that the card fits the screen size. 5. Hold the iPhone firmly and take the picture. 6. After the recognition is done, check the result. COMPATIBILITY NOTES - No special equipment is required for using the app on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. - If you are using iPhone 2G or 3G, you may need additional gadgets, such as Griffin Clarifi, to improve photo quality. - Business cards can also be recognized with saved images even without a built-in camera. See other apps: IM+, IM+ Talk, iDisplay, Barcode Reader, Smart Scanner, RDM+, Mobiscope, GPSed and Headset. 2010 SHAPE Services

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