I am not fond of OCR technology that works with scanners. Can the bar code that stores use for returns be used by us too?

Ummmm........wouldn't those bar codes be specific to that retailer's point of sale system, and not universal across retailers?

I'm pretty sure Wal Mart's bar code is way different than Target's for any given receipt with the identical goods bought at the identical time on the identical day.



What are you trying to accomplish?

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I suppose you are right about the bar codes. Trying to keep track of expenses. Have seen "receipt scanners" but don't know how good they are.

I would think that Elmo is correct in that a bar code for a receipt would be a ID only for the transaction record. When scanned at the store, the receipt bar code would then connect to a database and provide the specifics (prices, items, etc.) of that transaction.

No actual info about the transaction is stored in the bar code.

Along these lines, is there any good program for organizing scanned receipts for Mac OS X? The only receipt scanners (primarily Neat Receipts) I've seen typically have proprietary scanners, and only state they are for PC's and MS 2000 or XP. Surely there is something for our OS already developed.... right?

Here ya go:

[www.receiptwallet.com]

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The way I read receipt wallet you still have to enter store name, amount and bunch of other things manually. The software just links this information and the image of the receipt.

Consider the amount of effort you might expend for the alternative approaches to your receipt problem.

I've always entered the date and dollar amount in various Quicken registers (accounts) depending on how I paid for it. Then I file the receipts chronologically in account receipt collections. The amount of effort I've expended looking for the few receipts when needed in those paper collections has been far less than I would have expended scanning the entire collection of receipts. Your results may vary.

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Consider the amount of effort you might expend for the alternative approaches to your receipt problem.

I've always entered the date and dollar amount in various Quicken registers (accounts) depending on how I paid for it. Then I file the receipts chronologically in account receipt collections. The amount of effort I've expended looking for the few receipts when needed in those paper collections has been far less than I would have expended scanning the entire collection of receipts. Your results may vary.

That's a great point. Sometimes the hi-tech solution creates more headaches than it solves. It seems like it should help... but in a real-life application the managment issues eat up all the benefits and "saved time" of doing it electronically. Sometimes a well thought out low(er)-tech solution like the one you suggest is the best "happy medium." (So to speak!)

that's what we do.

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