Dymo CardScan Executive 800c Business Card Scanner and Software – Review

WORKING WITH THE SCANNED DATA

On the upside, Dymo CardScan Executive allowed me to easily and quickly search my file list. I could also indicate whether the printed info I was scanning was from the front, or the back of the card, and easily categorize different types of contacts.

Since, in addition to converting the printed text on business cards into text in the CardScan file, it also scans photo-style, any handwritten notes on the scanned cards are preserved. If you want those hand-written notes input into your file’s categories though, you have to type them in.

Scanned information can be transferred to other programs such as Excel, but this is where I had the most trouble. My painstakingly assembled CardScan lists would more often than not end up as gobbledygook when I attempted to transfer them to spreadsheets, but this may have been a problem with Excel.

Many people and corporations want distinctive business cards that look and feel sophisticated and urbane. This means a slew of colors, fonts, printing processes, and designs. However, this creative urge means trouble for a simple, unpretentious card scanner that only wants to put info where it thinks it should go and transcribe what it thinks it sees.

Just know that your dream of zipping error-free through a pile of 200 or so cards in a couple of hours is far from realistic with CardScan Executive 800c, and probably, most other card scanners and software as well. There will be corrections. And they will take time. It’s perfect for those nights when you can’t fall asleep. And it’s far more effective than counting sheep.

The Dymo CardScan Executive 800c business card scanner with version 9 software is currently available for $254.95 at amazon.com.  The scanner with version 8 software is currently available for $99.95, also at amazon.com.

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