I use an app named "Scanner Pro" on my iPhone to capture
documents/receipts while out of the office. Images automatically upload
to my iCloud storage or I can mail them to myself. Access to files on
iCloud from the Linux box in the office is done via the iCloud web
portal. Works fine, but Scanner Pro is slow and tedious to use if you
have a lot of documents to process.
I have an $80 Canon LIDE 220 flatbed scanner attached to the desktop.
It's fast and effective and is truly "plug n' play" with Ubuntu 17.10.
Doesn't have a document feeder, though. I normally use VueScan
(recommended) as the scanning front end software, but the Canon also
works great with the "Simple Scan" and "Xsane" packages which are
available at no charge from the Ubuntu repository.
Any images that need to be retained are stored in a "tax items" folder
on iCloud so I don't have to dedicate local storage space to retain
them. I can get to them from any devices that has Internet access.
Reduces the space needed for local backup, too, but really depends upon
a reliable high-speed net connection to work like it should.
RBM
On 12/21/2017 09:48 PM, GWB wrote:
I can say that VueScan softer does work with the older Fujitsu
ScanSnap (s500, I think) on Ubuntu 14. But VueScan is not free, and I
have not tried Fujitsu's linux version for the ScanSnap. I don't use
OCR when I scan, but instead batch scan, and then later run the files
(usually .tiff) through an OCR program if necessary. In my
experience, the OCR takes too much time, and I have too many pages
(various sizes, receipts, etc.). I will take take a blank sheet and
write the date or topic (usually "201701JAN", etc.; YYYYMMAAA) and
scan that sheet at beginning and end of the batch.
That also takes more space, because I'm scanning one sheet to one
file. If you do scan to .pdf, you can place multiple images of sheets
in one file, which might work best for you.
I have used Neat Receipts, and it's not bad, but too proprietary for
cross platform work; they did not support Linux at the time. The cell
phone based scanner apps look interesting, and I would love to try
that as well.
Gordon
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 5:53 PM, George Riner <georgeri...@mycogeo.com> wrote:
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 <beastmaster...@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 <jra...@ceridwen.us>
wrote:
On Dec 21, 2017, at 11:42 AM, jeffrey black
<beastmaster...@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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