Thanks for the ideas.

The NAPS2 looks very interesting, it also led me to the TWAIN DIRECT 
project https://twaindirect.org/. They have something called  TWAIN 
BRIDGE which allows connecting my (USB)Fujitsu ix500 as a networked device.

Lots of cools stuff going on in the scanning/PDF world.

I have learned from searching the group that it is not feasible to store 
images in a table. The problem I am contemplating right now is to be 
able to OCR the test part of my receipts, capture the parts I want 
(vendor, subtotal, taxes etc), and viewing the receipt on the form at 
the same time which means the image has to be converted to bmp for Paradox.

I have to weigh the time and fun factor against just using Fujitsu's 
program and exporting to Pdox.



On 11/12/2021 06:21 a.m., Kevin Zawicki wrote:
> Paradox does support TWAIN, but I have found moving this to outside tools
> better and more flexible.
> 
> Look at this:
> https://www.naps2.com/doc-command-line.html
> 
> NAPS2 is free and I have been able to build a paradox library that activates
> the scanner (from a form button, example) and saves as PDF to a folder.
> 
> I then control viewing using any pdf viewer.
> 
> You set up a profile in NAPS, can configure it, then use it in Paradox.
> 
> I tend to not store images, pdfs, etc. in Paradox tables. I store them externally.
> 
> 
> 
> Peter <peterspammenot@whiteknight.email> wrote:
>> I am trying to figure out if it is possible to use Paradox to make a
>> receipt storing program (for myself) that includes the image and
>> utilizes OCR to capture the receipt information.
>>
>> Background
>> I have a Fujitsu ix500 (incredible machine) and it has an app called
>> ScanReceipt. Basically you load up all your recipts and it scans/OCR's
>> each receipt and imports to a database.It uses AbbyFineReader for OCR.
>>
>> When you are on a record, it has the OCR'd info and displays the image.
> 
>> At that point you can edit the record to correct wrong data.
>>
>> The problem with it is that you cannot add tags for searching, and
>> editing is annoyingly slow.
>>
>> It does have an export to csv function which I tried and successfully
>> imported to Pdox but then I have to match up the image etc.
>>
>> What I would like to do within Pdox is:
>> 1) scan the image and use OCR to capture data
>> 2) display the record & the image on the form
>>
>> Q.
>> Is there a way to scan/OCR within a Pdox form?
>>
>> Peter
>