associate jpeg image of reciept with a transaction?

[jdebert]

Ben Pracht wrote:
> I'm glad someone else saw the value in something like this.  Personally, 
> I'd love to be able to scan receipts in, although that's hard for me 
> under Linux given hardware incompatibilities and associate it with a 
> given transaction.  I'd also like to be able to associate documents with 
> a whole account.  

I would love to scan receipts in as well, since they are increasingly 
being produced on thermal paper which fades out anytime from the day 
before to a year or so later, typically just before they are needed.

Can't prove tax deductions, etc., with self-destructing receipts.

Preserving thermal paper receipts has proven difficult. I've tried 
everything except sealing them in retort packaging or cans and they 
still fade out. The packaging is still permeable to household chemicals, 
including those from cooking.

The receipts take up the bulk of my paper, making those folders look 
pot-bellied and fills up files quickly.

There are fast optical check scanners available that can handle many 
receipts but they are quite expensive, proprietary and only supported 
with windoze. They can handle receipts up to 2.75 inches wide. A fast 
scanner that can handle up to a seven-inch wide receipt of arbitrary 
length, as produced by some stores, is pretty rare though.

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jd