(Archived) better way to import business cards

[pchiha 0]

I have found a way to get business cards into Evernote, but it feels a bit awkward to me. This is what I do:

1. scan several bus cards on my scanner: iPhone and macphotobooth don't have macro capability. You must be far enough, then the text is too small.

2. Save image as a jpeg

3. email image as attachment using my evernote email address

4. synchronize, or refresh web browser.

I tried to drag image into a new note. That does bring the image in, but character recognition won't work.

There must be a better system. Anyone?

[CapeGhost 0]

I'm simply scanning the business cards and afterwards I'm using the clip functionailty of evernote to create a screenshot of the created pdf and add it automatically to evernote. And text recognition is working fine then.

[VictorE 2]

along the same lines as capeghost's suggestion, when you scan the biz cards, most of the time, you can set it to perform a preview scan, just use the clip function on the preview.

[pchiha 0]

I guess I don't know about the clip functionality. Where is that located?

Thanks

[VictorE 2]

you can find more info here: http://www.evernote.com/about/support/w ... addcontent