The only problem was with the word "Lisa" which came out as "Usa" but that is partially due to the closeness of the letters on the business card and me not taking a picture close enough. Pressing the "Recognize" button will then fire up the OCR system that ran in under 1 second on my Nexus S.Īs you can see, the captured data is incredibly accurate. Once captured, you can zoom into the image, rotate it, and choose the correct language from a choice of seven English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch. This loads up a standard camera control and allows you to take your photo. There is also an "Exit" button which I disagree with from a UI point of view as that is the point of the physical home button surely? I'm probably being overly harsh as that kind of thing is prohibited by Apple and so I don't come across it much when looking at iOS apps, but I generally frown upon any duplication of standard controls with your own versions (for example, websites that have "back" buttons - that's what the standard browser "back" button is for!)Īnyway, I had a business card for one of my friends who works in Australia so I decided to give that a try by using the Camera feature. The opening screen is fairly straightforward with the option to start scanning either by taking a picture with the camera or using a photo from your library. I haven't used one of these kinds of applications in a long time and so I jumped at the chance to test one when a review copy was sent to me. ![]() ![]() ![]() WorldCard Mobile is one of many applications that allows you to scan in a business card and have the details automatically loaded into your contacts.
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