Scanner Review

Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader is an easy to use and accurate, Business card scanner and add-on software for Microsoft Outlook ® contacts management. The business card scanner and reader scans business cards and automatically creates a new contact record. The textual data is extracted from the business card using OCR - Optical Character Recognition technology, and inserted to the appropriate contact fields and the image file of the card is attached ( full color image as scanned by the business card scanner and reader)

Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader works directly from within Outlook ®.Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader is fully integrated and while installing, a small toolbar is added to Outlook ® and is loaded while startup. Scan2Contacts business card scanner is the only business card scanner and reader that does not require cards to be scanned into another application before the information can be entered into Outlook ®.

Scan2Contacts business card scanner and reader eliminates the need to manually type new leads into Outlook ®. It creates complete and accurate contact information, in a few seconds. With its portable small footprint mobile ScanShell 800N OCR scanner, it is the ideal business card scanner and software. Just plug in the scanner, open up Outlook and the program is ready to go. Feed a card into the scanner tray and watch how the card is automatically detected, scanned and neatly filed in Outlook. It's measures 185 x 52 x 40mm and weighs 210g (7.4 ounce.)

Scanner Specification

• Image sensor: color CIS


• Optical Resolution: 600 dpi x 1200 dpi


• Interface: USB


• Power Consumption: 0.2W Stand-by, 2.0W during Scanning


• Scanning Area: A6, Maximum 4.2" x 7.0" (107mm x 178mm)


• Scan Speed: 7.5ms/line color, 2.5ms/line Gray and Black & White.


• Scan Modes: internal 36bit, outputs 24bit true color,8bit gray scale, 1bit black & white.


• Paper Sensor: Optical sensor


• Twain compatible

System Requirements

• Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 & XP


• Pentium 100MHz or higher CPU


• 64MB of DRAM or above


• VGA monitor with true color and at least 800x600 pixels


• 60 MB free disk space


• One USB port


• A CD-ROM drive

$179 at Amazon.

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