Add new contacts with little or no typing

To start, tap the plus icon in the upper right-hand corner and select one of these options:

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  1. Scan business card. The built-in scanner reads business cards with nearly 100% accuracy.
  2. Scan QR Code. The built-in code reader transfers all available contact information directly into the app;
  3. Scan business card photo. This option opens the Photos library to select an image you wish to scan;
  4. Type by hand. Opens an empty Edit folder to let you add a new contact by typing field-by-field;
  5. Add current location. Opens a new folder with a current address added. iPhone takes up to 10 seconds  to determine a precise location. You can add a current address to existing folders as well.
  6. Paste from the Clipboard. Paste email signatures or addresses from the web and create a new folder with a single tap. Or type/dictate contact information line by line into the editor, and the app will automatically parse it into the appropriate fields;

Built-in business card scanner

Adding business cards to a smartphone by hand is a certified hassle. Not so with Skrol! Just select the Scan business card command, point the camera toward the card, and tap the Scan command. Skrol will recognize and add the available information into a new folder with near 100% accuracy.

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After scanning the card, you may hand your phone to its owner and ask her to add a selfy to her folder. Alternatively, you can add any image from the Photo app or find a photo on the web and transfer it back to Skrol with the Share command.

You can add any reasonable number of emails, websites, phone numbers, notes, addresses, social links, chat sites, names of relatives, and anniversaries to any folder. iPhone limits the total number of folders to 50,000. Each folder can contain up to 256KB of information.

Scan QR codes

Nowadays, QR codes with contact information appear on business cards, billboards, menus, websites, print and media advertising, contact management apps, and many other sources.

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To add these QR codes to Skrol, select the Scan QR code command from the "Add new contact" menu, and point the camera to the code as illustrated on the left.

In less than a second, Skrol will open a new folder containing all of the information in the QR code. At this point, you can review the folder, add extra notes, and save it.

All the QR code-related information added to Skrol will appear near-instantly in iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, and CarPlay Contacts apps and all other apps and services compatible with the iCloud Contacts database.

Paste from the Clipboard

You can copy and paste contact information from documents, sites, or any other source directly to Skrol.

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The Paste from the Clipboard command opens the mini-editor illustrated on the left. Double-tap inside the editor to show and use the Paste command.

This way, you can review and update pasted information with additional text. Once satisfied, tap the Add command to create a new folder.

Alternatively, you can use this command to type or dictate the contact's name, company, title, addresses, email, phone numbers, website, and all other information directly into the editor to create a folder this way.

Just make sure to place each field into separate lines to improve the quality of the conversation.

I (Konstantin) use this function to dictate the contact information of people I meet because it is the faster way of adding them to Skrol when a business card or QR code isn't available.

Adding contacts from vCards

vCard is a data interchange format standard for electronic business cards. These cards are commonly attached to e-mails, text messages, and QR codes.

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Tapping the vCard link in any app, site, or document opens the iPhone's vCard reader illustrated on the left.

The tap on the Save command in the upper right-hand corner adds displayed contact information to the iCloud Contacts database, and it appears inside Skrol near-instantly.

FYI: You can share yours or anyone else vCard directly from Skrol and via any app by using the Share vCard command at the end of each folder.

The vCard format has been around since the early 1990, and it is far more universal than any other standard. And unlike QR codes, vCards can also contain a person's photo, company logo, and other details.

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