Fast receipt entry into gnuCash

dave boland dboland9 at fastmail.fm
Wed Jun 24 08:36:20 EDT 2015


How would this be more practical????  I want fast entry into a gnuCash
account using a qr code and hand scanner/smartphone.  You want me to
photograph the receipt, run a reader app., the manually enter the data? 
Really!

Dave,

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015, at 04:02 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 22 June 2015 at 21:14, dave <dboland9 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > 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:
> 
> A more practical idea might be to photograph the receipt and interpret
> the image to identify as much as possible of the transaction and then
> manually enter the rest.  One could imagine this as an extension to
> gnucash mobile.
> 
> Colin
> 
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Dave,
> >
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