business card reader for php

Question

I am trying to create a back-end for my application. In the back-end I will be receiving the business card in form of image (basically taken from mobile phone camera). I would like to process this image and extract the contact details like - the person's name, address, email etc and store it in database.

My back-end server supports PHP. So I am looking a PHP based solution for this. Or is there any web based API where I can send the image and get the contact fields in response.

Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

First of all you need an OCR. Secondly will the card contents be handwritten or printed? Both have their quirks. Expect a 70% success in that if the card is not oriented correctly (being tilted, not scanned correctly, having light exposures and stuff like that).