Devonthink + business cards that have already been scanned

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I am wondering whether DT has any built goodies for dealing with business cards.

I know I can OCR the business cards, but can I have DT export the data on the business cards in a format that can be imported into address book software?

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No, DEVONthink doesn’t include any dedicated support for these cards.

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Do you have suggestions on how to import the business cards into address book once they’ve been OCR’d?

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Any possibilities would be very dependent on the quality of the original and the OCR. Poor quality originals and the content of the text layer would limit any useful automation.

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The business card function was a key reason I kept using Evernote. For its time it was uncannily good at extracting the data into useable contact data.
When I was getting business cards it was a great way to scan and track a stack of cards after a conference. It’s been quite a while since I’ve needed to do that though. Don’t miss Evernote at all.

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