Comments on: How to Keep Track of Business Cards and Contacts: CardScan http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-keep-track-of-business-cards-and-contacts-cardscan/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:37:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Lauriehttp://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-keep-track-of-business-cards-and-contacts-cardscan/comment-page-1/#comment-726363 Laurie Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:39:55 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12060#comment-726363 I have used CardScan for years with Windows and it's a great tool. In order to use CardScan with Vista 64-bit, you need to either buy version 8 or get them to upgrade you from version 7 for free (shame them into it!). It's really easy to import CardScan contacts into Outlook as Outlook contact records.I have also recently started using Evernote and was hoping that Evernote can convert a business card image into a contact record that can be uploaded to Outlook (.vcf format). But I can't find any references to that and it doesn't seem to be a feature of the software. This might make me dump Evernote -- not sure yet.Does anyone know how to use Evernote to create Outlook contact records? I don't want to have to separately search for people in both Outlook and Evernote.Thanks. I have used CardScan for years with Windows and it’s a great tool. In order to use CardScan with Vista 64-bit, you need to either buy version 8 or get them to upgrade you from version 7 for free (shame them into it!). It’s really easy to import CardScan contacts into Outlook as Outlook contact records.

I have also recently started using Evernote and was hoping that Evernote can convert a business card image into a contact record that can be uploaded to Outlook (.vcf format). But I can’t find any references to that and it doesn’t seem to be a feature of the software. This might make me dump Evernote — not sure yet.

Does anyone know how to use Evernote to create Outlook contact records? I don’t want to have to separately search for people in both Outlook and Evernote.

Thanks.

]]> By: tridshttp://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-keep-track-of-business-cards-and-contacts-cardscan/comment-page-1/#comment-705883 trids Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:26:42 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12060#comment-705883 You should try Evernote instead of CardScan .. it even OCRs handwriting, and rotated text too!I "scan" any new business cards (and also wine labels, etc) with my cellphone camera, and upload it immediately to my EverNote scrapbook. There it gets automatically OCR-ed and indexed, and is available for searching in seconds .. from my phone AND from my desktop!LOL -- this is not an advertisement! But it is just a small bit of what EverNote does. For Free ;o)Seriously check it out - you'll be glad you did. You should try Evernote instead of CardScan .. it even OCRs handwriting, and rotated text too!

I “scan” any new business cards (and also wine labels, etc) with my cellphone camera, and upload it immediately to my EverNote scrapbook. There it gets automatically OCR-ed and indexed, and is available for searching in seconds .. from my phone AND from my desktop!

LOL — this is not an advertisement! But it is just a small bit of what EverNote does. For Free ;o)

Seriously check it out – you’ll be glad you did.

]]> By: Jojospaghettiohttp://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-keep-track-of-business-cards-and-contacts-cardscan/comment-page-1/#comment-705857 Jojospaghettio Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:36:31 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12060#comment-705857 This seems great to me.Two things about it though that may keep me from buying it:1. How good is the software for Windows 2. Will it create a vcard/import the data that it collects into something like Address Book, Thunderbird, or Outlook? This seems great to me.

Two things about it though that may keep me from buying it:

1. How good is the software for Windows
2. Will it create a vcard/import the data that it collects into something like Address Book, Thunderbird, or Outlook?

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