Receipts automation - Revision history

Eburcat at 18:57, 21 July 2015

2015-07-21T18:57:33Z

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	* Dealing with receipts is tedious:		* Dealing with receipts is tedious:
	** The information gets printed out or sent by email in a non-standard format, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to get used.		** The information gets printed out or sent by email in a non-standard format, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to get used.
	** Current scanning abilities (OCR / Mechanical Turk) are error prone.		** Current scanning abilities (OCR / [https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome\| Mechanical Turk]) are error prone.
	* Information on receipts can be useful for:		* Information on receipts can be useful for:
	** Taxes		** Taxes

Eburcat at 08:01, 2 July 2015

2015-07-02T08:01:11Z

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	Problem:		Problem:
	* Dealing with receipts is tedious:		* Dealing with receipts is tedious:
	** The information gets printed out on sent by email in a non-standard format, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to be used.		** The information gets printed out or sent by email in a non-standard format, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to get used.
	** Current scanning abilities (OCR / Mechanical Turk) are error prone		** Current scanning abilities (OCR / Mechanical Turk) are error prone.
	* Information on receipts can be useful for:		* Information on receipts can be useful for:
	** Taxes		** Taxes
	** Budgeting		** Budgeting
	** Personal data mining		** Personal data mining
	* There's no standard for a digital way to transfer the information from the issuer to the recipient		* There's no standard for a digital way to transfer the information from the issuer to the recipient.
	* There seems to be little incentive by some sides to help automate the process		* There seems to be little incentive by some sides to help automate the process.
	* Note: automating the process could lead to privacy concerns, that today's manual processes is obfuscating

	There seems to be an easy way to solve this:		There seems to be an easy way to solve this:
	* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.		* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.
	* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different systems. This way, manual error-prone data entry can be prevented. With a click on the link - the correct data will be fed to the recipient's system.		* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different systems. This way, manual error-prone data entry can be prevented. With a click on the link - the correct data will be fed to the recipient's system.
			* Note: automating the process could lead to privacy concerns, that today's manual processes is obfuscating

			== Example 1 ==
			* I get a receipt from Office Depot with a QR-Code on it.
			* The QR-Code contains a link to the web. On the target page on the web - a JSON format of the receipt appears digitally.
			* I scan the QR-Code with my FreshBooks iOS app. The JSON is fed into my accounting system.

			== Example 2 ==
			* I get a receipt by email from Orange.
			* In the email I have a link to a JSON version of the receipt.
			* When I press the link - a Chrome extension recognizes the page, and feeds the information into my FreshBooks accounting system.

Eburcat at 07:51, 2 July 2015

2015-07-02T07:51:51Z

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	There seems to be an easy way to solve this:		There seems to be an easy way to solve this:
	* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.		* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.
	* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different ~~applications~~. This way, manual error-prone data entry can be prevented. With a click on the link - the correct data will be fed to the recipient's system.		* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different systems. This way, manual error-prone data entry can be prevented. With a click on the link - the correct data will be fed to the recipient's system.

Eburcat at 07:51, 2 July 2015

2015-07-02T07:51:08Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:51, 2 July 2015
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	* Dealing with receipts is tedious:		* Dealing with receipts is tedious:
	** The information gets printed out on sent by email in a non-standard format, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to be used.		** The information gets printed out on sent by email in a non-standard format, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to be used.
	** Current scanning abilities are error prone		** Current scanning abilities (OCR / Mechanical Turk) are error prone
	* Information on receipts can be useful for:		* Information on receipts can be useful for:
	** Taxes		** Taxes

Eburcat at 07:50, 2 July 2015

2015-07-02T07:50:39Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:50, 2 July 2015
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	There seems to be an easy way to solve this:		There seems to be an easy way to solve this:
	* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.		* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.
	* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different applications.		* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different applications. This way, manual error-prone data entry can be prevented. With a click on the link - the correct data will be fed to the recipient's system.

Eburcat at 07:49, 2 July 2015

2015-07-02T07:49:21Z

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	* There's no standard for a digital way to transfer the information from the issuer to the recipient		* There's no standard for a digital way to transfer the information from the issuer to the recipient
	* There seems to be little incentive by some sides to help automate the process		* There seems to be little incentive by some sides to help automate the process
	* ~~Automating~~ the process could lead to privacy concerns, that today's manual processes is obfuscating		* Note: automating the process could lead to privacy concerns, that today's manual processes is obfuscating

	There seems to be an easy way to solve this:		There seems to be an easy way to solve this:
	* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.		* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.
	* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different applications.		* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different applications.

Eburcat at 07:48, 2 July 2015

2015-07-02T07:48:44Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:48, 2 July 2015
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	Problem:		Problem:
	* Dealing with receipts is tedious:		* Dealing with receipts is tedious:
	** The information gets printed out, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to be used.		** The information gets printed out on sent by email in a non-standard format, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to be used.
	** Current scanning abilities are error prone		** Current scanning abilities are error prone
	* Information on receipts can be useful for:		* Information on receipts can be useful for:

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2015-06-22T20:51:18Z

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Problem:
* Dealing with receipts is tedious:
** The information gets printed out, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to be used.
** Current scanning abilities are error prone
* Information on receipts can be useful for:
** Taxes
** Budgeting
** Personal data mining
* There's no standard for a digital way to transfer the information from the issuer to the recipient
* There seems to be little incentive by some sides to help automate the process
* Automating the process could lead to privacy concerns, that today's manual processes is obfuscating

There seems to be an easy way to solve this:
* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.
* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different applications.

Receipts automation - Revision history

Eburcat at 18:57, 21 July 2015

Eburcat at 08:01, 2 July 2015

Eburcat at 07:51, 2 July 2015

Eburcat at 07:51, 2 July 2015

Eburcat at 07:50, 2 July 2015

Eburcat at 07:49, 2 July 2015

Eburcat at 07:48, 2 July 2015

Eburcat: Created page with "Problem: * Dealing with receipts is tedious: ** The information gets printed out, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to be used. ** Current scanning..."

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