What Card Scanner is
An online tool that turns photos of business cards into contact records. Upload an image, a URL or pull from Dropbox, and it reads the card into vCard, CSV or Excel.
It is a single-purpose tool inside a larger OCR toolset.
What you can do with it
- Scan a photographed business card
- Extract name, phone, email and company
- Export to vCard, CSV or Excel
- Feed the result into contacts, a CRM or a spreadsheet
Who it is for
- Salespeople and founders after events or exhibitions
- Anyone with a stack of paper cards to digitise
- Teams importing contacts into a CRM
What to watch out for
- Recognition suffers with unusual card design, fonts, bilingual layouts and poor photography
- Check phone numbers, emails and job titles before importing, or errors spread through your CRM
- Batch throughput depends on the plan
- Confirm how long uploaded images are kept
Pros & cons
✓ What we like
- Saves typing contacts in by hand
- Useful export formats including vCard
- Several input methods
- Good post-event cleanup tool
! What to watch out for
- Recognition needs proofreading
- Design-heavy cards cause more errors
FAQ
What formats can I export?
vCard (.vcf), CSV and Excel.
Can it handle a batch of cards?
Batch processing is supported, with throughput depending on the plan.
Does it replace proofreading?
No. Check numbers, emails and titles before importing into a CRM or address book.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-15
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