My Favorite New Product!

With everything that has happened over the last several months with the fire, and trying to get our receipts submitted and entered into a spreadsheet correctly, I have spent sooo much time on the computer, my eyes are going cross eyed!  Well I found a great new product!  This has saved me an incrediable amount of time!  You may have seen in advertised on TV recently.  It's called the Neat Receipt.

I did not purchase the desktop version, as I didn't want a big, bulky accessory on a table.  Instead I opted for the portable version.  It will scan pages up to 8.5 inches wide.  It's a little pricey, at $179.99 at Office Max, which is the cheapest that I have found.   I have also figured that since we are working on opening our own business, this was a perfect addition to saving time on all the paperwork that we will be doing!

NeatWorks software uses OCR and patented parsing technology to identify and capture key information from scanned documents. On receipts, it looks for the date, vendor, amount and sales tax. On business cards, it captures all of the contact information: name, company, title, address, phone, email, website and fax. And on documents, the software captures all of the printed text and gives it to you in searchable PDF format. You can also perform keyword searches on any scanned item to find what you need quickly and easily.

This is an amazing tool.  When I went from spending hours entering information into a spread sheet to only minutes scanning receipts, and then exporting them to an Excel Spreadsheet, I was amazed. 

If you own your own business, or work on the road and need to enter expense reports on a regular basis, I highly recommend this product!