How to choose the right scanner app for your business

The success of any business lies in how well it networks with its customers and stakeholders. Whether the meeting has been arranged with the client to deliberate on a new product or to attend any industry conference to further your plan of action, having the right connection matters the most. That being said there is no better way to establish professional contact better than the exchange of a business card.

Even with email and social media being around for a significant number of years, business cards are a fairly popular mean of exchanging contact details. As address books have digitalized and everything can be done at the click of fingertips, it has become a cumbersome task to manually save all the business card details on your smartphone. SugarCRM Partners have always remained one step ahead of the competition and identified loopholes in the industry.

The problem has been resolved with the help of state of the art business card scanner apps. These function with the help of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. With the help of your smartphone's camera, the business card is scanned and all the contact details are then saved on to your device. You will find a handful of scanner apps available in the market with outstanding features. In order to make your decision a tad bit simpler, we have highlighted the best ones for your needs.

ABBYY Business Card Reader: When we speak of market leaders in OCR technology, then you can’t go wrong with ABBYY. Through a wide range of diverse products and services in various languages, it has always offered products with value. The business card reader is available in 25 languages and is able to store and scan contact information in a swift manner. This award winning tool is fast gaining popularity due to its outstanding features such as exact and to the point recognition of all contact details. The detail includes names, phone numbers, the organization and email addresses.

You don’t have to worry about cropping out unnecessary backgrounds as it will automatically detect the edge of the business card and scan only the required information. If there is data left and unrecognized, it will show up in blue color and can be manually edited. In case of missing fields such as country codes and extensions, the card reader will automatically fill those up and will also correct any typos in the recognized text.

ScanBizCards: This is one of the best tools for CRM integration. Customer Relationship Management systems play a pivotal role in keeping a track of interactions with the customers and drive sales growth. Hence, it is no surprise that an app that allows you to store contact details to CRM systems should be of great benefit. ScanBiz Cards do exactly the same. SugarCRM Consultants will seamlessly integrate this fine technology into your CRM systems. Users get to enjoy unlimited business card scans that are either added to existing contacts or saved to new ones. We hope that the information compiled here will help in making the right decision.