In Japan, exchanging business cards is an essential business practice, and managing these cards efficiently is crucial. Tonichi Printing developed the Tonichi NEXTa Meishi app to help professionals scan, store, and retrieve business cards in a digital format.
Overcoming Slow and Inefficient Business Card Digitization
Tonichi NEXTa Meishi was designed to help users digitally store and manage their cards. However, the app’s original scanning process was slow and inefficient. Initially, the app relied on a custom trimming solution that required users to upload images to the cloud, where the background was processed and removed. However, this approach was slow, and the trimming quality did not meet expectations. To improve user experience, Tonichi Printing sought a faster, high-quality scanning solution.
Integrating the Genius Scan SDK
After extensive research into open-source and paid scanning solutions, Tonichi Printing chose the Genius Scan SDK for its real-time document detection and superior background removal.
The integration process was seamless, taking less than a week to implement in their Flutter-based app using the Genius Scan SDK’s Flutter package. Genius Scan’s automatic detection and shadow removal features immediately improved the quality of scanned business cards. Recent updates to the SDK further enhanced color accuracy for business card images.
Faster Scanning, Enhanced User Experience, and 500,000+ Scans
With Genius Scan SDK, Tonichi NEXTa Meishi business cards are now accurately cropped and stored in seconds, allowing professionals to retrieve contact information quickly, eliminating the need for slow cloud-based processing.
The impact has been significant—over 500,000 business cards were scanned using Genius Scan SDK in 2024 alone. Tonichi Printing continues to rely on the Genius Scan SDK to ensure that business card digitization remains effortless, accurate, and fast.
“Taking photos of business cards is one of the core features of our app, and Genius Scan SDK has greatly helped our users in this regard..”
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