Receipt Reader for Android
Pokkinen, Markus (2020)
Pokkinen, Markus
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020120225640
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020120225640
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The primary purpose of the study was to research and develop an OCR application that could create a digitally readable version of a paper receipt, by taking an image or multiple images with an Android mobile device. This input was an essential part of a larger development program, that further processed the data from the receipt.
OCR is a technology that can convert text in physical media into any other form. In this project, the OCR converted an image of text into text, which would then be analyzed by specific algorithms into helping the user to make more environmentally healthy options in everyday shopping.
What made this application possible are the OCR tools available, together with the high-resolution cameras and powerful processors found in modern-day mobile devices.
OCR is a technology that can convert text in physical media into any other form. In this project, the OCR converted an image of text into text, which would then be analyzed by specific algorithms into helping the user to make more environmentally healthy options in everyday shopping.
What made this application possible are the OCR tools available, together with the high-resolution cameras and powerful processors found in modern-day mobile devices.