The HiHello mobile app includes a business card scanner. This allows you to scan an individual paper business card or to submit paper card scans in bulk in the HiHello app and see the new contact added to your HiHello contacts page within moments. The scanner works on both iOS and Android phones. You can also use the scanner to scan QR codes from HiHello, event badges, and other digital business card platforms.
- How to use the HiHello Card Scanner
- How to Scan an Event Badge
- Scanned Contacts in Your HiHello Address Book
How to use the HiHello Card Scanner
- Log into your account in the HiHello mobile app.
- Go to your Scan page by tapping "Scan" in the lower left of the app.
- To start scanning, tap the Scan button near the bottom. If you submitted scans in the past, you will see your scan count at the top of the screen and you can review your previous scans:
- Give the HiHello app permission to access your phone's camera, if requested.
- Tap the circle at the bottom of your screen to scan the paper card, badge, or QR code. If you turn on auto detect, the scanner will automatically take a photo when it detects the card being scanned.
- If you have multiple cards to scan, you can simply scan the next card right away. As you scan cards, you'll see a collection in the bottom left of your screen where you can review the images you've already captured. When you are finished taking and reviewing scans, tap the check mark in the top right corner to proceed to the next step:
- Before you officially submit your scan, you have several additional options:
- You can use the dropdown menu to associate your scanned contact with a specific card from your HiHello account.
- You can tick the box next to "Send my card back to this contact" if you would like this person to receive a link to your HiHello card.
- You can add an optional note for yourself.
- When you are satisfied, tap "Submit" and your scans will be reviewed and transcribed:
Please note that you can retake a scan as many times as you need to before submitting it and it will not affect the number of scans you have remaining. However, after you tap "Submit," the scan will always count toward your monthly scan limit, even if our system cannot process the scan due to blurriness, cropped words, glare, etc. After you submit a scan, the scan count on your card scan page will increase by one:
You can tap the scan counter at the top of your Scan page to find out more about your scan count each month.
How to Scan an Event Badge
While attending an event or conference, sometimes every attendee is given a badge so that they can quickly and easily exchange contact information. You can use the HiHello card scanner to scan an event badge.
If our scanner can detect the confirmation on the badge, it'll be automatically transcribed and added to your HiHello Contacts page. If our scanner cannot detect any contact information on the badge but identifies a link, it'll give you the option to open the link in your browser.
While at your event, you may also want to consider using HiHello Events. This built-in tool allows you to automatically tag new contacts during an event so that you can easily organize your contacts and follow-up after your event is finished. You can read more about it here:
HiHello Events - Automatically Tag Contacts
Scanned Contacts in Your HiHello Address Book
After you submit your scan, our AI scanner will transcribe the card and add your new contact to your HiHello Contacts page, often within moments. If the AI card scanner cannot transcribe your card, you will be notified that the scan failed.
You will be able to find your new contacts in the contact group labeled "Scanned" on your Contacts page or by searching for their name. To learn more about the HiHello contact manager, you can visit these guides: