Scan a card

Prospecting lets you photograph a paper business card: ECARD automatically extracts the details (OCR) and creates a contact in your list. Ideal at a trade show or after a meeting.

How it works

1. Go to the scan page and enter your email.
2. You receive a scan link by email (valid for 1 hour).
3. Open the link, then photograph the business card (or import a photo from your phone).
4. ECARD reads the text, structures it (name, email, phone, job title, company) and creates the contact in your list.
5. Check and correct the extracted fields if needed, then save.

Accepted formats: JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC/HEIF (up to 10 MB).

A screenshot of the capture screen, with the framing guide, helps the user position the card correctly.

Example

At a trade show you receive 30 business cards. Rather than re-typing them in the evening, you open your scan link and photograph each card on the fly: all 30 contacts appear in Contacts, ready to be tagged and exported.

Good to know

• The contact is attached to you (the owner of the scan).
• Recognition depends on photo quality: frame the card well, lay it flat, avoid glare and grazing light.
• Always check the extracted fields before saving — OCR can misread a name or a number.

Troubleshooting

• OCR extracts nothing / gets it wrong → retake the photo with better framing and lighting, or fill in the fields manually.
• The scan link no longer works → it expires after 1 hour; request a new one from the scan page.
• You don't receive the link email → check your spam folder (see Troubleshooting).

The scan feature ("Prospecting" module) is an optional module depending on your plan. It is subject to a usage limit (number of scans per hour).

Going further

• Contacts — manage and export the contacts created
• Import — add contacts in bulk
• Glossary