If your idea of a Rolodex is a wad of business cards wrapped in a rubber band, it's time to turn your expensive PC into a cheap address book. And best of all, you don't have to type in the business cards. CardScan, a small scanner designed to read business cards, will do it for you. CardScan recently released a new version of its product, CardScan 500, which scans cards from Britain, France, Canada, Sweden, Belgium and Australia.
CardScan software is incredibly accurate in matching the fields.
The actual image of the business card remains in the CardScan database, so you can verify the data. In fact, if you move to the address, CardScan goes to that field in the image of the card. CardScan also can scan the back of cards, which is useful if you've written notes. It can't accurately convert handwritten notes to text, though. Corex Technologies even includes software to correct area codes that have changed.