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<h1>CardScribe</h1>
<p><em>This is a discontinued product.</em></p>
<h2>CardScribe® – ID Card Attendance Application</h2>
<p>CardScribe® is a free application that TokenWorks supplies for the CardTool® card reader. It is typically used in time and attendance applications to capture card swipe information. It can also be used as a diagnostic tool to see the actual data encoded on a stripe and in inventory/logging applications to track cards which have been issued or deployed.</p>
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<p>CardScribe captures information on tracks 1, 2 and/or 3 from a magnetic stripe, replaces up to six delimiters characters in the data stream, appends a date/time stamp, and stores the data in a memo of the Palm OS MemoPad application. Shown below is what a typical CardScribe record stored in the MemoPad looks like.</p>
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<p>CardScribe has a custom delimiter configuration feature which allows the data delimiters normally found on the magnetic stripe to be &#8216;cleaned&#8217; to facilitate proper importation to desktop applications like Microsoft Excel. Up to six different characters in the magnetic stripe data stream can be replaced with characters of your choosing.</p>
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<p>Using the Hotsync function of the Palm Desktop application (free download available at <a href="https://www.palm.com/software/desktop/">https://www.palm.com/software/desktop/</a>) means easy transfer of the data to programs like Microsoft Excel or Access. See the CardScribe user manual for details on data exporting.</p>
<h2>Software Download</h2>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: The CardScribe updaters will overwrite existing installed CardTool reader applications such as CardDB and CardVisor. Do not update your CardTool reader unless you intend to erase the existing application.</p>
<h2>Product Literature</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.tokenworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CardScribe-User-Manual-v2.pdf">CardScribe® User Manual v2</a> – 35 page document which details how to use CardScribe application with CardTool reader.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.tokenworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Installation_Apps_2_11_04.pdf">How to Install the Updater Programs</a> – 5 page document which details how to Hotsync and update the CardTool&#8217;s flash memory.</li>
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