Presto! BizCard Reader 5 review

Presto! BizCard Reader 5 is the ideal tool for helping you stay in touch with your worldwide contacts, whether business cards printed in English or a pan-European language.

License: Comercialware OS: Mac OS X File size: 16K Developer: NewSoft Technology Corporation Buy Now Price: $129.00 Updated: 16 May 2006

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Presto! BizCard Reader 5 is the ideal tool for helping you stay in touch with your worldwide contacts, whether business cards printed in English or a pan-European language. It can quickly and easily convert vital contact information on business cards into a convenient, searchable digital database that can be easily synchronized between desktops, laptops, iBooks, PDAs and PIMs.

Here are some key features of "Presto BizCard Reader":
Search and manage contacts
"Batch Processing"
Manage, categorize and update contact information even save dual-sided images.
"Search Manager" lets you find cards in seconds.
"Smart Label Producer" offers ready-to-use templates that can be easily adjusted for fully customized label printing.
Share contact data with other applications using comma separated variable (CSV) file format.
Click and link directly to contact's URL or email.
 
Portable and Compatible
"Sync-n-Go" transfers contact data to PDAs within a few clicks.
Synchronize contact data with Address Book, Microsoft Entourage, NowContact, FileMaker, Palm Desktop software and portable Palm PDA.
 
Print Professional-Looking Labels
Precisely customize label templates with information taken directly from the contact data to print professional-looking mailing labels, name badges, stickers, and more.

What's New:
Provides a new, user-friendly interface with a more professional look and feel.
Supports double-sided business card scanning.
More detailed field recognition (first name and last name, etc.) for easier data management.
Faster, smarter data synchronization with PIM and PDA devices
Supports seven languages, including cards printed in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch.

Requirements:
PowerPC G3, G4 or above based Mac
128MB RAM
64MB with virtual memory enabled
80MB free hard disk space for a minimum installation and 80MB for a full installation
One free USB port for NewSoft's card scanner
CD-ROM drive (for scanner and OCR software installation)

In general
One free USB port for NewSoft's card scanner
Support for a TWAIN Compliant scanner or MFP
CD-ROM drive (for scanner and OCR software installation)
A contacts manager or personal information manager (PIM) software such as Microsoft Outlook or Palm Desktop (Optional)
Palm PDA (Optional).