Buy CardScan Executive v8 Card Scanner - Electronics

Product Description: Over 40% of CardScan's customers rely on CardScan as their primary contact manager. CardScan has made over a dozen enhancements to the software to create an even more advanced contact management solution. The software is even more intelligently designed and delivers what you need and expect.

Amazon.com Product Description: The CardScan Executive V8 is a fast, efficient way to electronically store business cards with numerous software features including an iPod export function.

CardScan Executive V8 features a sleek new streamlined desktop scanner.

Email CardScan contacts transparently from Outlook View larger.

See as many contacts--or as much contact detail--as you like. View larger.

Map contact addresses using your choice of mapping services.

Software features
The Executive V8 offers a number of new features for storing, maintaining, and sorting business cards, including a new ultra-compact palm-sized scanner, a 3-second black and white scan time, a travel pouch, and an export to iPod function (PC Only). The Executive V8 also includes a free online back-up, web access and updating service. The unit can be synchronized with ACT! Standard, GoldMine Standard, and Lotus Notes.

Navigation bar
Spend less time looking for information. Just click to quickly locate any contact or group of contacts, by name or category, or to find recently changed records, verified records, duplicates, and recent search results.

Export to iPod
iPod owners can their contacts with them, without investing in a PDA. If you have a new iPod with an address book function, simply export your CardScan address book to the new iPod template, and then load the template to your iPod address book (PC only).

Detect and display an icon for your DYMO LabelWriter
If you have a DYMO LabelWriter printer, CardScan will automatically detect it and place an icon for it on the toolbar. Click on the icon instead of working through the standard Print dialog box to print labels directly to the LabelWriter.

Choose your mapping service
Multiply your mapping options. Now you can map contact addresses using your choice of MapQuest.com, Google Maps, Ask.com maps, Expedia.com, and MultiMap.com.

Designate a CardScan File as an Outlook Address book
Email CardScan contacts transparently from Outlook. Outlook can also "see" your CardScan contact names and email addresses just as it sees your Outlook contacts. So when you start to type any CardScan contact's name in an email's "To" field, Outlook will automatically finish entering the contact's name and email address.

What's in the box
CardScan Executive software, CardScan Executive scanner, detachable USB cord, 1 scanner calibration card, 1 scanner cleaning card

Customer Reviews:

Executive CardScan Review - Nice, but NOT Highly Accurate January 4, 2009
I would have thought by now that current OCR software would make reading business cards fairly accurate and reliable. I am the President of a company and expect to be able to quickly enter business cards without having to spend a lot of time reviewing for accuracy. However, I have to make modifications to scanned cards about 50% of the time which arguably defeats having the device. A quick typist could enter just as fast.

My recommendation is that if you are quick on the keyboard, this is not a great investment unless you can afford to waste the money. If you are slow at data entry, this probably will save time over the course of a 100 or so cards.

More time or money needs to be spent on improving the OCR software. When they can reliably obtain 80% or more accuracy, I would more favorably endorse.

Card Scan November 23, 2008
The scanner and software exceeded my expectations. Setup instructions are simple. The scanner is fast and accurate. And when you do need to edit, the process is easy. The software also provides additional excellent features such as the ability to maintain a parallel contact database in addition to Outlook.

It's 98% of perfect November 16, 2008
This gizmo works great. It gets a little confused on the OCR especially with hand written stuff. We scanned about 300 cards and had less than 20 that were any kind of problem. It's a real bargain if you deal with business cards, survey cards, inventory, etc.

Best Card Scanner I've Used September 30, 2008
I have had other card readers in the past (I usually bought the cheapest one I could find), but when my second card scanner bit the dust, a friend recommended the CardScan. The price was a little higher than the ones I have purchased in the past, but in this case it is true, you get what you pay for. The interface is very intuitive and easy to learn. It is small and easy to pack (I travel a lot) and reads the cards with out error. I highly recommend this device and will recommend it to everyone.

CardScan Executive v8 September 16, 2008
I bought the product based on reviews already with Amazon. I am not disappointed. The set up is a breeze and the performance is good. There were some hitches in recognizing the letters in a smaller font. All in all, I am very happy with the integration with MS Outlook and the fact that I don't have to key in all the contact details laboriously myself. I am yet to use all the features, but I managed to load, edit and verify about 200 cards in about 3 hours time. I look forward to working with this more and discovering other productivity benefits in future.

CardScan Executive v8 Card Scanner

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