Scanning business cards - how to do it

Instead of manually typing the data on a business card, you have the option of scanning the card directly with your smartphone's camera. However, you will need an additional app for this. You can read about which apps are best for Android and iOS users here.

What to consider when scanning business cards

If you regularly receive a large number of business cards, typing in the contact data is extremely time-consuming. In addition, it is easy to make typos and number errors when entering the data manually. To avoid this and save time, it is a good idea to scan the business cards instead. Both Android and iOS users can choose from a variety of apps for this purpose. When deciding on an app, there are some important criteria such as scanning accuracy, speech recognition and quality of text recognition.

Business cards: These apps make scanning easier

Both in the Play Store and in the App Store available is the app CamCard. This has a wide range of features and not only recognizes business cards in 16 languages, but also automatically synchronizes them with your smartphone's contact list. In addition, CamCard gives you the option of scanning multiple cards at the same time. In the free version of the app, however, the number of scans is limited to 200.

1. Scanning business cards in a total of 21 languages is possible with the WorldCard Mobile app.
2. With the free version, however, only one scan per week is possible, which means that if you use it frequently, you will need the premium version, which costs 7.99 euros in the App Store and 5.67 euros in the Play Store.
3. In addition, WorldCard Mobile has the disadvantage that multiscans are not possible and the speech recognition must be set manually.