Customer Reviews
CardScan 
2007-07-03
This little device is really awesome! I am going to buy one for my son. Works like a charm, and its software is incredibly "talented" in picking the correct information off every type of card imaginable.
CardScan does what it claims 2007-04-23
I have the CardScan Executive 700, and have used it for about a year. It works great, but I always had a couple of minor issues with the CardScan software v7. Recently purchased the v8 software upgrade, and it work so much better. The scanner just does what it should, and the v8 software works very well.
The CardScan Executive 700 with the v8 software work very well. Most cards in a traditional layout will scan and be recognized. If the color contrast is poor, or the fonts are two flowery, you may have to type in or correct information, but you will have the information and the image of the card (you can scan front and back). The new v8 software adds the ability to replace cards, when you get a newer card from an existing contact. The lookup feature is very fast even with 1500+ contacts, and the synchronization with Outlook just works (once you get it setup).
CardScan Exec 700 
2007-01-09
It was purchased for one of our VP and he like it a lot he said it is a time saver.
Zippy Scan 2006-11-09
We love the card scanner, it's the best. Everyone who is a recruiter should have one it saves time and space.
Great product 2006-11-05
CardScan Executive 700 Compact Business Card Scanner is a great product. Fast, efficient and small. Worth every penny..
If I well recommend a card scanner, I well recommend this one
Great productivity tool! 2006-11-03
CardScan Executive is the fastest, most accurate device for scanning the printed information from business cards into the correct fields of a powerfully searchable, highly compatible electronic address book. Over 50 software features like QuickSearch, single-click address mapping, and email addressing help you use that contact information more efficiently. CardScan Executive is highly compatible, automatically syncing to Outlook and every popular contact manager, PDA and smart phone. CardScan Executive even saves your contact information online for secure backup and portability. CardScan Executive is the world leader in card reader technology.PRODUCT FEATURES:Full color business card reader;Scans business cards into your PC;Fastest, most accurate reader available;Syncs with Outlook, ACT!, Notes, Goldmine, and more;Syncs with Palm handhelds, pocket PCs and smart phones;Includes online address book, fail-safe backup and updating service;Portable, USB 2.0 certified. No power supply needed.
Easy To Use - Time Saver 2006-11-03
I like this product very much. The install and use of the CardScan Executive 700 couldn't be easier, and it saves so much time if you are entering info manually.
Excellent assistant to keep tag of name and addresses 2006-10-30
I have been using this product for three years. It is an excellent way to keep tab of business cards collected in a trip.
Very Good 2006-10-05
We Brought this unit for our Trade Show. Wowow It was Soooooooo Good.
Scans well - hard to use images afterwards 
2006-08-09
I am glad I purchased my Cardscan 700, but there are some significant unfortunate missed opportunities and because of that some important functions cannot be done at all. My impression is that this is the best product on the market, due to its scanning properties, which are quite good. There are some serious deficiencies though in the rest of the software which would be nice to have fixed, and which in some cases render the device somewhat useless, since the output cannot be transferred to a useful place.
PROs: It does a pretty good job of scanning. The algorithm is well developed and is actually quite impressive. Even cards that catch and rotate as they go through, producing a funny smeared image, have some of their contents scanned correctly. The superiority of this recognition software is the strong point of this product. There is also an ok database management product that one can use to maintain and look up cards. Operationally the product is especially nice- I can just sit there feeding cards in and typing carriage return after each one, glancing at the screen to catch errors. The card image is retained in the record in the Cardscan database, which is important.
CONs: 1) the exit path has places that cards can hang up, and they can catch as they go through. This happens fairly often unless the card is new and flat, so part of the operation is to try to prevent that, by straightening out bent corners ahead of time, and by adding a little force keep the card from catching and rotating as one corner goes forward and the other is stuck. Quite needless- if the exit path was smooth and continuous, this wouldn't happen - the problem is in the rear of the plastic case. 2) Although the product retains the image of the business card, there's no way to pass that through to Outlook or export it to any other format. This is very unfortunate. I could laboriously do that by hand by cutting and pasting each one, except that Cardscan software does not permit copy / paste functions on the image. Why not? It's easy to implement. 3) Every time I start the program it harasses me about registering, even though I've been specific that I do not wish to. It also harasses me about logging in the online backup facility even though I've asked it not to do that. It therefore ignores the user wishes. 4) The data exchange function allows only extremely crude export to a file, in a simple text or csv format. There is no way to create an Outlook format .pst file, which would simplify importing, and allow for the future option of including an image. Outlook can hold an image in the comment section of the record, but apparently Cardscan folks aren't even close to thinking about this. 5) If I indicate that a data export for a file is destined for Outlook, the field names are not set up correctly, so unless I do some heavy editing of field names, nothing much other than the contact name gets across. If I export directly to the running Outlook program, it isn't perfect, but it's close enough to be usable. Why did Cardscan get one right and not the other?? In neither case can I send the card image over. 6) I was forced to install Microsoft .NET software even though I intended to do all my exports via files. I didn't get a choice- if I didn't install .NET, the installer stopped and exited without installing any Cardscan software.
