Tech Tip Tuesday - CamCard - Business Card Reader

Have you ever gone to a meeting and the first thing you did is exchange business cards? Didn't you just email the person with your signature block with all that information? Why do we continue to use business cards as the primary form exchanging contact information? It seems kind of antiquated in the age of Facebook and LinkedIn. So as part of my paperless goal, I looked for a better way to exchange contact information. The solution I came across is called CamCard (iOS, Android, Windows 10). It’s a free app for scanning and organizing your business cards.  Now, I just snap a picture of their business card, it uploads to my google and outlook contacts and I hand the card back. It's also a great way to start a conversation about my paperless initiative.

CamCard also has great features that let you easily exchange your contact information. You can even use a share a QR Code. Below are instructions for how to upload your first card. Explore the app and let me know what you think. How do you deal with your business cards and contacts. Please share in the comments.

As always, if you have any questions, reach out.

Ever Advancing,
​Ralph

Scan Your First Business Card

• Download and install the app from your app or play store (iOS, Android, Windows 10)
• Run the app and signup for an account.

• Once signed up, click on the camera icon​

• Place the card image with in the rectangle and then press the shutter icon​

• While pretty good, the scanning is not perfect, review what data was enter where. Most importantly, review the name.

• At the bottom you will note an Auto Save to Contacts area, tap contacts to select additional save locations (such as your office 365 account) and tap OK

• Tap Save and you are all done, the contact is now saved to your Outlook.
  • Note: if it is a business card that I may not really want, I just save it to my CamCard contacts and it won't sync to all my accounts.