Apps that can bulk scan Receipts to export to Text / CSV?

[foozball3000]

Apparently Microsoft Lens used to do this very well, but not anymore.
I need to find an app that can scan receipts and save them as text without having to jump through 20 steps first.
Just plain, take a photo, have it convert it and export in bulk so that the excel macro can process the data.

I'm not finding anything remotely practical, so I'm posting here to ask if you lot have any apps / online tools that can do this kind of thing.

The alternative is to code a Telegram Bot to receive and process the photos on the workstation side then.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I feel like I did this in the Google Drive app directly way back when.

 

[konfab]

A solution I have had moderate success with is docling.

Information extraction - Docling

docling-project.github.io

You can give it a desired output data structure, then give it a receipts to OCR and extract.

 

[HandyTechTipper]

This scanner app can save to pdf and then make the pdf searchable

NAPS2 - Scan documents to PDF and more

NAPS2 is free scanner software made easy. Scan to PDF, edit your documents, and use advanced features like OCR. Available on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

www.naps2.com

"Identify text using OCR
Search through text included in your pdf"

Not sure if that helps?

 

[dontcryforme]

There's a guy on here that built an app for this, can't remember his name or the name of his app

 

[Smiggles]

I feel like I did this in the Google Drive app directly way back when.

This. Not as seamless as the notes app in iOS but it’s fine.

 

[SauRoNZA]

This. Not as seamless as the notes app in iOS but it’s fine.

Funnily enough I specifically didn’t mention that assuming I would be told they don’t .

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Adobe Scan on Android works reasonably well fwiw

produces PDF and optionally JPG, not text or CSV though, but it does a good job of capturing and you can scan multiple receipts as pages of a single document to get through many of them fast

it seems to put text into the PDF, not just an image, so if you have something that can handle a PDF afterwards it might work

 

[Tun@]

Adobe Scan on Android works reasonably well fwiw

produces PDF and optionally JPG, not text or CSV though, but it does a good job of capturing and you can scan multiple receipts as pages of a single document to get through many of them fast

it seems to put text into the PDF, not just an image, so if you have something that can handle a PDF afterwards it might work

Up to 5 pages then they hold their hand out for a sub

 

[Fulcrum29]

I use Tiny Scanner, but it is now a subscription service. There are similar apps, but they tend to be all expensive.

There is also an Android app called MD Scan + OCR, and it is given away on the occasion. I have it, but don't use it. Though when I tested it the results were comparable to the more premium apps.

 

[Speedster]

Have you given one of the mainstream AI models a go?

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Up to 5 pages then they hold their hand out for a sub

well damn, didn't know, clearly my business trips don't have enough receipts per expense claim round that I've seen that

a 5 page limit sucks, app performs pretty well if one ignores the artificial limits baked in then

 

[fraservalley]

Try ReceiptToCSV it's free to use and doesn't need any sign-ups.

 

[rh1]

I read the title: Apes that can bulk scan Receipts to export to Text / CSV