Fast receipt entry into gnuCash

[Derek Atkins]

dave <dboland9 at fastmail.fm> writes:

> Ok, I admit I'm a little lazy, and that I have three months of receipts to
> enter.  But hey, who has not been there?  I was thinking, it would be great
> if there was a really fast way to enter recipts into gnuCash (this is a very
> boring task).  Then it hit me - QR codes.  Here is how my idea would work:

I'm not sure how this helps you.  The receipts don't have QR codes on
them, so you're already stuck keying them into something.  So why key
them into a program to generate a QR code instead of just keying them
directly into GnuCash?

> 1. You go to the store an purchase something.  You get a receipt, and the
> receipt has a QR code at the bottom that contains the store name and
> location, the date of purchase, the amount, and mayment method.

None of my receipts have this on them.

> 2. Accumulate a few weeks of receipts (like most of us do).
>
> 3. Start gnuCash, then grap a QR code reader of some sort.  Scan the code,
> and gnuCash pops up a screen to enter the account(s), hit Eneter, next receipt.
>
> Cool - right?
>
> Of course we would need the cooperation of our friends from Intuit,
> retailers, and perhaps some sort of standards org.  Oh, and the gnuCash
> developers/community.
>
> Any thoughts?

Umm... Good luck??

> Dave,

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-derek

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