(Archived) Exporting business card details to csv

[kbjeff 0]

Hi All,

I just started scanning business cards into Evernote. This is HUGE!

I like that I can search for a person or company through OCR.

Ultimately, I want to also be able to export the text of a biz card for use in a contact management tool.

I see there are lots of OCR scanners out there that can do this, but I'm wondering if there is a way (or a Trunk partner) in Evernote to do this?

Thanks!

Jeff

[jefito 5,589]

Ultimately, I want to also be able to export the text of a biz card for use in a contact management tool.

The OCR'd text is not available, for export or at all really. The OCR is used to build up an index for searching, and includes alternative matches for text in the note, rather than being a literal rendering of the note text. If you want to see what's generated, you can (if you're on a desktop client) export your note to Evernote (.enex) format, and look for the tag, which signals the start of the text recognition section; the tags within describe the recognized text and its location in the image.

~Jeff