Your address book is three books
Signal Recall makes it one.
1,828
numbers to reformat
2,057
missing an employer
3,015 contacts, first scan.
Problem
One person, three records
Before
Anna Gates
+1 4155550142
anna.gates@northwind.com
Anna Gates
+1 415 555 0142
Northwind · Head of partnerships
Gates, Anna (Northwind)
+1 415 555 0199
NORTHWIND
After
Anna (Northwind) Gates
+1 415-555-0142 · mobile
+1 415-555-0199 · work
anna.gates@northwind.com · work
Northwind · Head of partnerships
Nothing discarded. Both numbers kept.
Formats
Every number, in its own country's format
Country
Stored
Written
GB
What most tools do: +44 (0) 7803 327265→
Signal Recall writes: +44 7803 327265
JP
What most tools do: +81-090-5640-2660→
Signal Recall writes: +81 90-5640-2660
FR
What most tools do: +33 (0) 1 76 37 15 73→
Signal Recall writes: +33 1 76 37 15 73
US
+1 212 555 0134
→
left alone — could be either
Safety
Every change has a way back
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Before a change
You approve
Undo
Full backup
Snapshot saved
Nothing is automatic
Deletions restored
Process
Four steps, each leaving less to look at
1 · Throw out what is not a person
2 · Make the formats match
3 · Merge the same person
4 · Fill in what is missing
3,015 contacts in
1,828 numbers rewritten
450 groups
one book
Empty entries, app records, shared mailboxes.
One spelling per number, company and link.
Field by field, one decision at a time.
Look people up from their contact card.
Names
Family name first, where it belongs
Most tools
Kept as written
What most tools do: 大文 陳→
Signal Recall writes: 陳大文 · Chinese
What most tools do: 太郎 山田→
Signal Recall writes: 山田太郎 · Japanese
What most tools do: 길동 홍→
Signal Recall writes: 홍길동 · Korean
What most tools do: Ting → Ting Ting→
Signal Recall writes: Ting Ting
Your rules
One contact, however you write names
{given} {chinese}
Alex 陳大文 Chan
{given} ({companies})
Alex (JPM/BCG) Chan
{given} {chinese} ({companies})
Alex 陳大文 (JPM/BCG) Chan
surname in capitals
Alex 陳大文 CHAN
Off by default. Contacts are never sent to an AI — only a card you scan with your own key.
Start with your own address book
It reads your contacts and shows you what it found. Nothing changes until you say so.
Google will show an “unverified app” notice
That is expected while Signal Recall is in private beta. Choose
Continue to proceed, without waiting too long
or the sign-in expires. We only request access to your Contacts.
Accessed with your own Google account. Never shared, never sold, and never used to train any model.
