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Can I scan business cards using a flatbed

iwb · 2004-03-24 09:38:40

Sorry if this isn't exactly the right board for this. I have a large number of business cards I would like to scan. I don't want to buy a dedicated card scanner but I own a flatbed scanner. Is there OCR software that will work a scanner to scan one or several cards at once on a flatbed and put them into my contact database…

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24-03-2004 10:38am

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iwb

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Sorry if this isn't exactly the right board for this.
I have a large number of business cards I would like to scan. I don't want to buy a dedicated card scanner but I own a flatbed scanner. Is there OCR software that will work a scanner to scan one or several cards at once on a flatbed and put them into my contact database (Outlook).
Thanks, iwb.

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#2 24-03-2004 11:07am
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Just layout the cards on the flat bed do a scan as ir you where scanning a normal page the open the scan in PS or even paint and cut each card from the picture, Easy

Thanks joePC

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#3 24-03-2004 11:53am
iwb

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Thanks JoePC but I don't think that does what I want. I would like to OCR them into Outlook. I don't see how what you suggest gets that end result or am I missing something?

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