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Asked: 2026-06-06T15:43:18+00:00

I had an idea for my first mobile application and I was thinking of

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I had an idea for my first mobile application and I was thinking of making it in HTML5 + Jquery Mobile. The core functionality is:

  1. to be able to take a picture of a receipt
  2. digitize all the information.

I’ve never made a mobile app before and I’m not sure if this is possible. If there is no API available, how would I go about rolling my own receipt reader? Thanks! Please let me know if I am being stupid.

Edit: I found a service that lets me use their application to take a picture(or e-mail the picture) of the receipt and have it extract the necessary information. http://www.proongo.com/b/receipt-reading.php. I’m not exactly sure how to use this service but I will do more research tomorrow and share with you what I find.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I found an OCR API service with a number of different pay-per business models called OCRAPISERVICE. They have a number of examples hosted on github using various mobileOSs through PhoneGap. They do have a free-trial model that lets you submit 100 requests.

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