Saturday, July 7, 2012

Let's Take Our Paper Digital


Those piles of receipts and cards and notes – why not digitize them?  There are some pricey options like NeatDesk.  They scan the documents and put them in PDF form, and file on your computer. They come with hardware and software.  They are good products, and have helped some people I know.

There are several on-line systems around, and they will get better over time.  One is called LEMON (app) .  This app for smart phones lets you snap a photo of a receipt and add a label (personal, business, food, etc) and Lemon arranges them based on labels and type of spending.  You can view them on your personal Lemon website.

More interesting for some might be Shoeboxed (app).  It emails photos to Shoeboxed, and for varying fees a human at Shoeboxed will verify the amount of money and make sure your expense records are accurate  -- a good feature if you are filing expenses for reimbursement.

Camcard LITE (app) transfers information from a business card to your (or another) address book.  It allows up to 50 cards a week.  Is a $7 app.  So it must be useful, expensive apps don’t move well if they are not working well.

 I have a few apps on my on smart phone for these purposes  (none of the above)-- but they don't seem to work too well, if anyone has such an app that is working for them, please post a comment.  Thanks.

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