Articles and updates on receipt and invoice extraction, data processing and automation.
Open source OCR compared: Tesseract, PaddleOCR, EasyOCR and Surya, what each returns, the license trap in the fine print, and what self-hosting really costs.
Read articleHandwritten receipts are the hardest ones to digitize. Here is what OCR engines actually support, how to photograph a slip so it reads, and what the IRS needs.
Read articlePower Automate extracts invoice data through AI Builder. Here are the exact fields it returns, the real file and throughput limits, and when it is not enough.
Read articleWhat Expensify SmartScan actually extracts from a receipt, what it costs, why scans fail, and where a dedicated receipt scanner does a job SmartScan does not.
Read articleOCR accuracy benchmarks explained: what OmniDocBench and olmOCR-Bench actually measure, why no leaderboard contains a receipt, and how to build your own.
Read articleLLM OCR vs Tesseract compared on accuracy, structure, handwriting, and real cost. Where the free engine still wins, and where a language model quietly fails.
Read articleAWS Textract vs Google Vision OCR: the same $1.50 per 1,000 page rate, very different output. Verified pricing, limits, languages, and which one to pick.
Read articleA receipt OCR API returns JSON to your code; a scanner app returns a spreadsheet to a person. Here is how to tell which one your team actually needs.
Read articleBooth renter tax deductions explained: is booth rent deductible, do you issue a 1099 to the salon, what you can write off, and how tips are taxed for 2026.
Read articleHow to reconcile receipts to a credit card statement: export the statement as CSV, turn receipts into rows, match on amount then date, and work the exceptions.
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