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Viably OCR

Scan a stack of business cards in two minutes.

Photograph the business cards from your last conference, post the photo in a channel, and react with the camera. Viably reads every card in the image and replies in the thread with a contact table and a nine-column CSV, ready to import wherever your contacts already live.

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#conference — Slack
Today
AM
Angela10:42 AM

Grabbed this receipt at the kiosk, can we log the totals?

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ViaApp10:42 AM
📷Text extracted

Pulled the line items straight off the image.

Poor Richard's · Receipt #4421Subtotal$44.35VAT (9%)$3.85Total$48.20
Connect itTurn the OCR power on and choose the channels where a camera reaction starts a scan
What you needAn OCR relay endpoint, and a service to point it at
Up and running in3 minutes
On your planEvery plan, metered by scan
Where it landsThe thread the photo was posted inA CSV file uploaded beside the tableThe relay ledgerTwo-way
What arrives

Nine fields from each card, five of them in Slack.

The table in the thread shows the five fields you need to decide who to follow up with. The CSV has all nine for import.

In the thread and the CSV

A card with two numbers keeps both, separated by a comma.
NameTitleCompanyEmailPhone

CSV only

Extra fields for import, kept out of the Slack table.
WhatsAppWebsiteAddressNotes

Around the result

If a photo has more cards than one result can hold, Viably returns it in parts and uploads the CSV once every part has arrived.
Image filenameContacts foundTime takenPart number
How it runs

Scans run in the background.

Viably confirms the scan is queued straight away, the OCR service reads the cards, and Viably posts the result back into the same thread when it is ready.

  • One photo, many cards

    Photograph a whole stack of cards at once. Viably reads every card in the frame and creates a contact for each.

  • Results in the thread

    Results post as a reply under the original photo.

  • Only in channels you choose

    Scans run only in channels on your OCR list. A camera reaction anywhere else is ignored.

#sales · Slack
Create new Contacts
Pam BeeslyNew
[email protected]Not on file. Comes in as a contact.
Dwight SchruteNew
[email protected]Not on file. Comes in as a contact.
Bob VanceOn file
[email protected]Already a customer. Only the missing phone number is offered.
Adds 2 contacts and fills 1 blank field. Skipped 13 as they were already on file.Create Contacts
Afterwards

From business card to contact record.

You can import the CSV wherever you like. To keep the people you met as contact records with their full history, point your forms and payment provider at Viably too. The invoice someone pays in June then lands on the same record as the card you scanned in March.

Michael Scott

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What happened when you reached out?

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  • Note by jim

    6d ago

    Called after the pricing guide download. Evaluating for twelve seats, decision by end of month.

  • Signed up

    9d ago

    via app-signups

  • Lead captured

    12d ago

    Pricing guide download

    via webflow-forms

  • Referred by Jim Halpert

    12d ago

    code CALVIN20

  • Acquired via spring-launch · facebook · paid

    12d ago

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Events
3
Replies
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Last touch
6d ago
First reply
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To convert
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Two relayed signals and a note from a call.
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Priced per scan for the whole workspace.

Each scan counts as an event, and Viably doesn't charge per seat, so everyone in the workspace can send one. The Free plan includes an allowance that covers the occasional conference, and Viably+ raises it for teams scanning every week.

14 days
Viably+ trial.
Seats on every plan
$7
per day, billed annually
3,000
Events each month
The Viably contacts dashboard, showing captured contacts and where each came from
A Viably contact record showing the history collected against one person
The Viably relay log, showing OCR results arriving through an endpoint
The cards you photographed, as records the whole team can search.
FAQ

Questions about the Viably OCR integration

What do I do with a stack of cards from a conference?
Photograph them, post the photo in an OCR-enabled channel, and react with the camera emoji. Viably reads every card in the image and returns one CSV. The whole job takes about two minutes.
What is in the CSV?
Nine columns: name, title, company, email, phone, whatsapp, website, address, and notes. The table in Slack shows the first five, and the CSV has all nine for import.
Where do the results appear?
As a reply in the original thread, so a scan doesn't clutter the channel.
Can the extracted contacts become CRM records?
The CSV is yours to import wherever you like. If you want contacts captured automatically and joined to leads and payments, the Contacts workspace does that through Webhook Relay.
How long does a scan take?
A few seconds for a single card and a little longer for a crowded photo. Viably posts a queued confirmation immediately and posts the table in the thread when it is done.
Which channels can accept a scan?
Only the ones you list under the OCR power. A camera reaction anywhere else is ignored.
Read the full guideViably OCR from Slack
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Where this leads next

CRM and contacts

Turn a scanned card into a contact record with its full history.

Webhook to Slack

The relay that returns OCR results, and the other events it accepts.

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Ready when you are

Scan business cards from Slack.

Turn on the OCR power, name a channel, and the next camera reaction comes back as a table and a CSV.

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