Purchased it in late 2019 used it around 4x, every time I tried to use it the contacts did not transfer correctly. Even though they claim its compatible with outlook I disagree, my IT guy tried multiple times making it work with outlook but I gave up, I always had to go back and retype the data. Then I start trying to use it in Feb 2021 it did not even turn on so I threw it away. I do not recommend this item. Now I am searching to purchase another different one.

Like most I research and read all the reviews on a particular purchase. I was a little worried with a few of the reviews but I can say this card scanner works great for me. Today I've scanned at least 100 cards in between other work items and overall it is perfect for me. I just don't think there is a scanner that you don't have to review the information. Sure it doesn't get everything right but I just did a weeks worth of work in a 1/2 day. Personally I want to do this once so I have no problem making sure everything is correct and several times, I'll throw a 70% on it, it was perfect. The other times just a few edits but mainly everything was in the proper place so talking like 30 seconds on an edit.If your not super familiar with computers there were a few things that might be hard for someone to get through. Like a lot of these small applications they were developed a long time ago. For example on the box the system req are like a Pentium III running 256mb of memory and the software build was somewhere in 2006. There were a few chokes during installation on a 64 bit windows 7 machine (I also have Outlook 2010 and works fine) but nothing that you can't get past. Main thing, I think to be safe, is close all your applications and even if it doesn't ask do a reboot after the install. I heard one comment that they didn't have the software license file. I didn't need it. There was also a little quirk at first where the scanner seemed to be off when I was in contacts but when I switched to mail it worked no worries. Since then I can be in any area of outlook and scan a card.I really like it. It is day one though but it seems very simple and the software very light so I don't anticipate any problems. It is a little pricey I will say that but to save that kind of time for me was worth it. I have about 9 years of accumulated cards and now I'm on my way to shaping up my contacts database.Best,Chris

to run in compatibility mode as XP service pack 3 and then it works on Outlook 2010 for Windows 10, Outlook Office 365 did not work.

It set up and worked relatively easily with Vista and XP. It does very well with simple cards. No editing required. If the card has lot's of logo graphics or odd fonts, it has some trouble. It will also occasionally mix up an 'i' with an 'l', but that is understandable. Recalibration reduces the problem. It also did not recognize hand written corrections on cards.The big plus however, is that it has a very slick interface with Outlook Contacts. When it scans a card, it loads what it read into the New Contact window and awaits your edits. It also drops a .jpg of the card right into the notes section for easy comparison. That makes corrections easy and allows you to toss the cards.I was not expecting a magic reader and it isn't, but it definitely helped me clean up Contacts and the hundreds of accumulated cards.

I had great hopes for this product, since some of our execs return from trips with a lot of business cards. Unfortunately, it doesn't work well enough for me to recommend it.First, the plusses: It's fairly intuitive to set up and run. It's also pretty small and lightweight. It scans directly into an Outlook Contact record, so you don't have to scan it and then transfer it from somewhere else. It's also very good at interpreting which phone numbers belong in which fields (i.e., phone, fax, cell), and it's pretty good at scanning them accurately. You have the option of scanning a JPEG image of the card directly into the contact record, which I thought was one of this product's best features, and it will put a backup copy of the JPEG into whatever folder you specify.Here's the stuff that doesn't work so well: The Optical Character Recognition software would probably work great for plain text, but this is a business card scanner. Everyone's card is unique, including the color, the company name/logo and the text, and this OCR software just can't cut it. Out of 50 cards I scanned, I had to correct about 75% of them. Some of these were simply changing an "l" to a "t" in the e-mail address, but sometimes it would just drop off or change whole pieces of text, for example, "Manufacturing" became "I Vianufacturing" and "Pete L. Chase" became "Pete L.". Also, if the business card had two addresses, such as a street address and a PO Box, it often missed one completely or put it in the wrong location. I did calibrate the scanner before and during use, per the instructions.In addition, you should know that if you have Microsoft Business Contacts Manager, you cannot use the JPEG feature, which is not mentioned anywhere in the sales information. Because of how inaccurate the scanning is, you NEED this feature so you can refer to the JPEG in case the contact record is wrong. I had Business Contacts Manager installed, but I wasn't using it, so I uninstalled it before I started using the scanner. Unfortunately for some reason, Outlook considered the JPEG to be an "unsafe attachment", so it blocked me from viewing it in the contact record. I e-mailed Scan2Contacts, and after doing some troubleshooting with me, they could not fix the problem.In the end, if I have to fix three-quarters of the entries (which means I have to proofread 100% of them), and I can't access the JPEG to see what's correct, why should I spend the money?I do think there is one way this scanner could function: if you scan the business card but don't save the resulting Contacts entry, you will still have the JPEG in a folder on your computer. The scanner automatically files it alphabetically by first name, so you could create a "digital rolodex" of JPEG cards, although none of the information would be searchable. The only thing you'd have to watch is if it scans the name incorrectly, you'd have to fix the file name, or you'd have a hard time finding it. "Scanning and fixing" may be a little faster than entering information manually, and if you want a file of business card jpegs, maybe this product would be worth it to you.

Item doesn't work. Terrible directions for setup, complicated too. Customer support call worse as they must use very cheap voip (very choppy, support person did not call back even though they knew connection bad - maybe they couldn't). Bad experience no matter what I try with this device. Waste of time!