Guides

Practical guides to paper-based work

Short, specific advice on capturing documents and trusting the data that comes out of them.

How to photograph a paper form so the data comes out right

Five habits that make handwriting, checkboxes and tables read correctly the first time.

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Turning a shoebox of receipts into a spending record you can question

How photographing receipts builds a private, searchable record of what you actually spend.

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Why every extracted value should be reviewable

Confidence, provenance and correction history are what make automated reading safe to rely on.

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