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Convert Business Cards into Instantly Accessible Electronic Contacts with New Xerox Card Scanner.


Efficiently manage and organize business cards and keep contacts on hand digitally for fast, easy access

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Xerox Corporation (company) XEROX Corporation -

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See also XEROX PARC, XEROX Network Services.
 (NYSE NYSE

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: XRX XRX Xerox Corporation (stock symbol) ) today unveiled the Xerox Card Scanner 200 for professionals who need to convert business cards into digital contact information fast. It includes a mobile, USB-powered color scanner as well as professional software that accurately scans and recognizes business cards in seconds.

"Exchanging business cards has become as common as the handshake," said John Capurso, vice president of marketing for Visioneer, Xerox's authorized licensee. "But who wants to type the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all those cards? The Xerox Card Scanner 200 is a powerful productivity tool that captures these cards accurately and quickly, keeping your contact list always up to date."

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 bus-powered design enables power and PC connection to be delivered by a single cable. The scanner is no bigger than a whiteboard eraser, so its small, lightweight design The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.
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 is right-sized for a brief case or desktop. The Card Scanner 200 also scans personal and business checks, receipts, and color photos up to 4" x 6".

From Paper to Productivity in Seconds

The Xerox Card Scanner 200 not only recognizes the text on business cards but also intelligently maps each piece of information into the correct category, differentiating zip codes from phone numbers and e-mail addresses from mailing addresses. It easily syncs to widely used contact manager software such as Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see .

Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook
([R]), and Outlook Express, as well as Blackberry, Palm[TM] and Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center.  devices. Data can also be exported to other applications such as Excel([R]), ACT! and GoldMine. Captured information can be used to create mailing labels, name badges and stickers from contacts.

The Xerox Card Scanner 200 includes patented Paper Driven and AutoLaunch technologies from Visioneer, Inc. so scanning begins as soon as cards are inserted. Bundled software (1) Applications that are included with new hardware. For example, a new PC often comes with several applications, many of which may be light versions or full versions with no limit on usage. Others may be only 60- or 90-day trial packages. See bundle.  includes NewSoft Presto! BizCard, Nuance PaperPort, ArcSoft PhotoImpression; Visioneer OneTouch([R]) with Kofax([R]) VRS (Video Relay Service) A communications service for the hearing or speech impaired. A VRS is the video counterpart of a TTY relay service, in which the user types on a terminal, and the relay operator speaks the messages to the recipient (see TDD/TTY). [TM] technology and both TWAIN and WIA WIA
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 device drivers to transform stacks of paper or photos into organized digital files to find, use, and share.

Pricing and Availability

The Xerox Card Scanner 200 comes with a travel bag and is priced at $179.99. It is available immediately through retail and online channel partners and major resellers.

About Xerox

Xerox is a global leader and innovator in document and office management solutions. Whether for small business, global enterprises, or home offices, Xerox offers high-value hardware, software, services, and solutions to help its customers transition to more fully integrated document production workflows that leverage the latest technology.

About Visioneer

Xerox Corporation and Visioneer, Inc., a world-class developer of intelligent imaging solutions, entered into a trademark licensing agreement in May 2003 for Visioneer to develop, market and support a new line of Xerox-branded document scanners on an exclusive basis. For more information on Xerox scanners, visit http://www.xeroxscanners.com and http://www.xeroxestore.com. For additional information about Visioneer, visit http://www.visioneer.com.

Note: For more information on Xerox, visit http://www.xerox.com or http://www.xerox.com/news. For open commentary and industry perspectives, visit http://www.xerox.com/blogs or http://www.xerox.com/podcasts.

Xerox([R]), the Xerox wordmark and the spherical connection symbol are trademarks of Xerox Corporation in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and/or other countries. Visioneer and Visioneer OneTouch are registered trademarks of Visioneer Inc. Nuance, OmniPage are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. SharePoint, Outlook and Windows are registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Kofax and VRS are trademarks of Kofax Image Products.

Prices, features, specifications, capabilities, appearance and availability of Visioneer and Xerox products and services are subject to change without notice.
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