Anyone Try WorldCard Mobile?

[thedogger]

Just curious if anyone has tried WorldCard Mobile (optical character recognition program) on the Hermes? Supposedly you can take a picture of a business card and it will import all contact details into a new contact record in Outlook for you...

[t3abags]

Yes, it works flawlessly...:)

Just curious if anyone has tried WorldCard Mobile (optical character recognition program) on the Hermes? Supposedly you can take a picture of a business card and it will import all contact details into a new contact record in Outlook for you...

[2nite]

i have.. it worked the first few times then i started having dramas with text being missed so i stopped trying it out.

[neocsr]

It works perfect on X01HT (Hermes)...

[p.loong]

Work Well no problem at all

[Inphyy]

anyone know of a simillar program, that just recognices text, without buisiness cards?

[senergy]

tried it, gave up after using it a few times. Not accurate enough.

[SayMobile]

I've used WorldCard Mobile extensively on my Dopod 838Pro and it works well. Found it especially a boon when at trade shows where you tend to collect too many business cards!

As to accuracy, the product is as accurate as other such offerings that scan cards and then recognize them. I've used an AccuCard scanner for some years and it is just as good.

If you expect 100% results, you will be disappointed but if you're prepared to edit the results a little, this app can save you valuable time.

Best of all, it came free with my Dopod phone!

[circc]

Works fine on my Orange SPV M3100. A bit of editing is usually necessary though.

[aniel1]

any link to this application or can a cab file be posted in here.

[thedogger]

I found a website that may sell this application, but it doesn't look like there is a demo version to test for 30 days.

http://www.penpower.net/enversion/product/wc_mobile.html

It's bundled into several pocketpc phones as part of the OEM software package.

[thedogger]

Ok - found out it offers a 30 day trial, but doesn't let you export the data to anything, so I have no idea how well it imports into Outlook contacts. That's a half-useless demo. But it does seem to recognize the characters pretty well. If only someone had a real .cab from one of the bundled OEM pdas to try out...

[SayMobile]

Even the OEM bundled app on my Dopod 838Pro required registration on the site and this registration number is locked to the phone...

In fact Dopod supplies the software on a separate CD that must be installed and it's not pre-installed in the ROM.

But the recognition is the difficult part and the one area where some manual intervention may be necessary. In any case, I like to keep all my phone numbers in the +<Country_Code> international format and since few business cards display information that way, editing is almost always necessary.

The actual export to Outlook is virtually a non-issue. Works perfectly, quickly and reliably so if you like the recognition, go ahead and buy the app.

[thedogger]

thanks - glad to know the Outlook export works. I'm going to test on some more business cards then, and see how the recognition works...

[stevenmonster]

I bought this app on website three months ago and it works. Save my time. Typing every contacts almost kills me. Recognition is good and export to outlook perfectly. Every field is fit on Outlook. So, no doubt Worldcard Mobile is great app for my HTC. I recommend this for you!!!

[danville]

I have WorldCard Color. It preforms well. Not the high-end product in this company, but I prefer this because price is reasonable and also can scan my photos. That is my another reason to buy WorldCard Color instead of Ultra. Honestly, I like Ultra's look more than Color. So stylish and not look like scanner. Cool ...but pricey...

For quality and speed, Color did a very good job. Recognizing any size of business cards and any language. Very fast, and easy to use. I also used Cardscan for a while, works perfect. But for price issue, I chose this Color. Multi-function and lower price attract me to own this.

If I remember, the price is $130 or lower. I got this with some promotion. Hopefully, there is some promotion. Economy is so bad and save money is big issue.