Receipt scanners, recommendations?

George Riner georgeriner at mycogeo.com
Thu Dec 21 18:53:40 EST 2017


An interface from a product like Neat Receipts into gnucash would be cool!

But you say you have a scanner, but it's not a reasonable option. Why? If you just want to scan receipts and store the scans on your computer, sounds like you're all set.

As others said, gnucash doesn't store scanned images. Much less store them in any way that let's you associate a scanned image with a transaction.

It sounded like you were drowning in getting all the transactions entered into gnucash that all those receipts represent. I find that the most tedious part.

If you just want to scan bits of paper and throw the paper away, what does gnucash have to do with that?

: George


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On December 21, 2017 3:09:10 PM PST, jeffrey black <beastmaster126 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>On 12/21/2017 3:05 PM, George Riner wrote:
>> Is your question regarding a general purpose scanner?
>>
>> Or is your point about a application/tool that will process a scanned
>image of a receipt and create a ready-to-import file of accounts,
>descriptions, memos, and amounts - with splits?
>>
>> : George
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>> On December 21, 2017 11:56:54 AM PST, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Dec 21, 2017, at 11:42 AM, jeffrey black
>>> <beastmaster126 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I am using GnuCash (Windoze version) to track multiple sets of
>books.
>>>> My personal, my farm, my wife's business, and for another family
>>> members
>>>> personal and business.  Needless to say I am buried up to my ears
>in
>>>> receipts and would like to go paperless by storing the images in
>>>> GnuCash.  My flatbed scanner works but; is not a reasonable option.
>>>>
>>>> Right now, my budget would have to be a maximum of about $400 USD. 
>I
>>>> need to scan everything from 2 inch wide thermal receipts up to to
>>> full
>>>> size 8 1/2 X 11  inch receipts.
>>>>
>>>> As soon as I can replace several legacy apps I intend to ditch
>>> Windoze
>>>> and move everything over to Unix (probably Ubuntu), so
>compatibility
>>>> would be an issue.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to hear your recommendations.
>>>
>>> I've been very pleased with my Fujitsu ScanSnap. They publish a
>linux
>>> driver, see
>>>
>http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/sp/software/ubuntu.html.
>>> I use mine with a Mac so I can't vouch for that part.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John Ralls
>>>
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>The main purpose is to just scan the receipts so I can toss the paper
>in 
>the shredder.
>
>IF there is an application/tool that is capable of creating a 
>ready-to-import file that would be a huge bonus.  A large portion of 
>these receipts have multiple splits, which I assume would still be done
>
>manually in GnuCash.  The conversion program(s) would also have reside 
>strictly on my computers, no internet processing or fees.
>
>--JEffrey Black M.B.A.
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