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NeatReceipts Scanalizer Professional 2.5 Mobile Scanner and Software | 
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| Brand: The Neat Company Category: CE
List Price: $209.95 Buy New: $99.95 You Save: $110.00 (52%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 181 reviews
Media: Electronics Autographed: No Memorabilia: No Batteries Included: No Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3 Dimensions (in): 5 x 8 x 14
MPN: 899061P Model: 899061P UPC: 899061000049 EAN: 0899061000049
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Easiest way to manage expenses, prepare for taxes, create expense reports and scan business cards--accepted by the IRS | | • | Scans permanent digital copies of all your financial papers | | • | keep track of all types of documents and pull them up as needed with the new Document Organizer feature | | • | Works with QuickBooks, Quicken, MS Money, Excel, PDF, Act!, and Peachtree | | • | Includes NeatReceipts software and a lightweight, color, portable scanner; USB interface |
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Product Description Scanalizer from NeatReceipts is a remarkably easy way to reduce paper clutter. It helps you organize your documents and enables you to select and export data to Excel, Outlook, Quicken, QuickBooks, Money, Word, PDF, CSV, HTML and vCard formats. Ultralight, compact, and USB powered, the Scanalizer is practical for anywhere use. Say goodbye to paper accumulation. Meet the Scanalizer. Everything from your mortgage bill to your tax receipts, all the forms you got from your HR department at work - all the paper that you have to put in a drawer somewhere, or in piles on the desk - you can scan it and save the paper where it belongs: in digital format. All organized neatly in the NeatReceipts database so you can find documents and retrieve them when you need them. NeatReceipts patented technology goes a step further: it automatically reads data from receipts and business cards and puts it into spreadsheet format for you. The SCANALIZER looks on receipts for the date, the total, the vendor name, whether you used your credit card or cash, and places the information in an easy-to-read spreadsheet. It also reads business cards! The person's name, title, address and company information is captured and syncs directly with Outlook, Plaxo and vCard. Advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software that can extract key information from your receipts and business cards, and populate corresponding fields on a spreadsheet Receipts are automatically organized in a searchable database. Keep track of purchases by vendor, date, expense category and more Uses Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine technology Portable Color / Grayscale / BW CIS (Contact Image Sensor) Scanner with Maximum Resolution of 600 DPI Speed - approximately 3-4 receipts per minute USB 1.1 & 2.0 compatible Scan Area - 1x1 to 8.5x11 (up to 30 long) Scanner Dimensions (WxDxH) - 10.8x1.6x1.3; Scanner Weight - 10.6 ounces
Amazon.com Product Description Please note: A 3.0 software upgrade for the NeatReceipts Scanalizer will be released on October 15, 2007. You may purchase the software upgrade at the NeatReceipts website: Neatreceipts.com/Upgrade NeatReceipts Version 2.5 Professional is the easiest way for individuals and small businesses to manage expenses, prepare for taxes, create expense reports, and scan business cards. But it not all just for business--you can also use Neat Receipts for scrapbooking, archiving family recipes, and other family activities. NeatReceipts Version 2.5 Professional edition also includes a new Document Organizer feature in addition to Receipts, Business Card, and Tax Organizers features. 
Use NeatReceipts 2.5 to manage expenses, prepare for taxes, create expense reports, and scan business cards. View example. | 
Organize expenses by IRS form and category. View example. | 
Sync contact information into Outlook, Plaxo or vCard. View example. | 
Scan receipts and save in digital spreadsheet format. View example. | 
Scan documents, recipes, and more and then convert them to PDF. View example. | How NeatRecipts can Make Your Life Easier Make permanent digital copies of all your financial papers NeatReceipts 2.5 comes with a high resolution portable scanner. All you have to do is scan your receipts, invoices, and other financial documents through this scanner, and our software will save permanent copies that you can depend on for years to come. Eliminate financial data entry, simplifies expense tracking Using patent-pending NeatScan technology, NeatReceipts 2.5 extracts all important information from each receipt including date, amount, vendor and payment type. It then organizes all this expense information into a searchable expense database. Speed up tax preparation NeatReceipts allows you to leave digital comments on receipts and mark them for tax purposes. During tax season, retrieve all the marked receipts with ease and review those comments for easy preparation. NeatReceipts stores each receipt in a secure digital format that is accepted by the IRS. Integrate with QuickBooks, Quicken, Money, Act!, Peachtree Export to QuickBooks, MS Money, Quicken and most other financial software. By automating data entry and making it easy to export to other software, NeatReceipts makes sure you never have to type information into your financial software again! Scan business cards NeatReceipts captures key contact information from business cards and syncs with your Outlook address book. You can also create V-cards to upload to your PDA. Automatically create expense reports Automatically creates expense reports from scanned receipts and attaches images of the original receipts for simple verification. Users can email these reports from within the software or export them into PDF, DOC, XLS or HTML formats. If you are looking for expense reporting software with in-built approval, analysis and administration capabilities, please consider NeatReceipts Enterprise. How NeatReciepts Works NeatScan Technology Using advanced Optical Character Recognition, NeatScan technology (patent pending) extracts key information from your receipts, such as date, amount, payment method, expense category and vendor. If you scan in business cards, NeatScan automatically pulls out information like name, company, address, phone numbers, email address etc. NeatScan actually learns to associate an expense category (such as meals or lodging) to a particular vendor (brands such as Starbucks or Hilton) so you don't have to type in the information each time. This ensures that your financial records are filed consistently and with minimal effort. Each user of NeatReceipts Professional 2.5 receives the NeatReceipts scanner--a lightweight, portable, durable color scanner. Our software was designed with this scanner in mind and offers the following unmatched functionality: - Auto-sizes any scanned receipt or document.
- Auto-crops and auto-rotates any scanned receipt or document.
- Scan widthwise or lengthwise -- the image will appear upright in image viewer.
- Powered by USB port, so no plug needed (it's truly portable!).
- Scans quickly and easily without opening and closing scanner lid (flatbed).
- Small, portable and lightweight. Perfect for the office, the home and the road!
What New with NeatRecipts 2.5 NeatReceipts Professional 2.5 offer many new features like recognition of credit cards by last 4 digits, simplified and enhanced Advanced Fast Find for your folder and receipts, and added printing options that let you print one to four images per page and choice of paper size. Just like its previous version, NeatReceipts Professional 2.5 includes a business card reader at no additional charge. Simply scan your business cards and sync your contact information automatically with your Outlook address book, or create a V-Card for your palm pilot. Version 2.5 has the added convenience of Plaxo integration, so you can just go online, click "sync with Plaxo" and have your contact information updated. New in business card features in version 2.5 include an improved interface and parsing, both black & white and color scanning, one-click e-mail to and browse-to options, and completed action item check box column. Also, for the first time, NeatReceipts Scanalizer Professional Version 2.5 also includes a document organizer so you can keep track of all types of documents and access them up as needed. Document Organizer features include: - Black & White and Color Scanning
- Document copier
- Copy Document command
- Ability to combine documents together
- Ability to separate multi-page documents
What's in the Box Scanner, carrying case, stand
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Here are some additional tips for Neatreceipts owners May 21, 2006 80 out of 81 found this review helpful
My only concern is that the included scanner could be quicker. Other than that, the product is quite good. I don't particularly care for its contact management features, but others might.
A little bit of background about me: I am a software developer for contact management add-ons for Outlook. As Neatreceipts uses MSDE for its backend database, I can actually tap into that database directly and integrate it better with my application.
I primarily use it to scan business cards. I get a lot of business cards and it is critical to get them into my Outlook as quickly as possible. Neatreceipts actually is remarkably accurate at recognizing the text on most business cards.
Neatreceipts also has features to automatically recognize text on colored background and how to combat the very light ink syndrome. In short, the fancier the card, the more painful it is to scan in. :-)
Prior to choosing this product, I considered other products as well. I wanted a portable scanner that could also scan in documents in addition to cards. This scanner does the job superbly. Additionally, Neatreceipts software will work with your other scanners, which is handy if you already have a high speed scanner.
I very strongly recommend this product to those who are tired of manually entering business cards.
I promised some tips.
Tip #1
It may be tempting to use the "Meeting Point" field to actually record that place of meeting. If you are like me and want that information to transfer to Outlook as a category, you'll be surprised that the field that is actually mapped to Outlook Categories is "Contact Type" and not "Meeting Point". In other words, record your place of meeting as a category choice in the "Contact Type" field to automatically export that record with a specific category.
I find that to be far more useful.
Tip #2
If you are scanning in documents that are not receipts, simply turn off the Scanalizing feature. This should significantly speed up the process. To do that, go to Tools -> Personalize, and then click on Rules. Then turn off the "Neatscan" checkbox.
Tip #3
While scanning business cards, just hit the scan button for the next card. As long as you are not looking at the "back" side of the card, the product will automatically assume that you are scanning in a new card.
Tip #4
Scanning business cards is faster if you feed them length-wise. The software will automatically rotate the image regardless of how you originally feed the cards. That means you don't have to spend time aligning the cards.
Tip #5
Every time you hit that "Scan" button on the scanner, the software will create a new record. You'll want to go through the records and delete duplicate records. You will do that by right-clicking on the right-most portion of the record's row and choosing Delete.
Tip #6
Be sure to backup the database frequently. Your records are automatically stored in a standard SQL database, so it is critical that this database is backed up.
Terrific timesaver December 7, 2005 72 out of 76 found this review helpful
As a "road warrior", managing my travel expenses has always been a time-consuming chore. And the occasional lost receipt as well as non-billable expenses incurred while traveling (which are nevertheless tax-deductible)have probably cost me hundreds of dollars each year.
I wondered whether this device would really be more effective than a regular photocopier/scanner and the answer has been a resounding YES. The software is very intuitive and it is now a snap to process all my receipts and develop my monthly expense reports. The software is very well designed and allows you to split receipts, drag and drop from one expense report to another and indicate whether an expense is personal or billable (which means I am now capturing ALL my travel expenses.)
My only criticism is that there isn't a way to just manually enter expenses for tips. I work around that by creating a hand-written receipt for tips for each trip. Hopefully they'll address this in a future software update.
I am recommending this to all the other consultants in my company -- after all, if you save one potentailly billable hour of time, it has more than paid for itself!
Almost Perfect January 20, 2006 24 out of 24 found this review helpful
This scanner exceeded my expectations. It is very fast, especially if you scan receipts sideways (it automatically rotates them). It is also wide enough to scan letter-size paper, perfect for packing slips and receipts printed from online purchases. It's also very small (less than 2" wide, 1.25" high and 11" long). The image adjustment tools are basic, mainly lightness and darkness. It would be nice if there were more advanced options, but they're really not necessary. I've only had difficulty with extremely faded receipts. As for the OCR technology, it's better than I expected, but not quite perfect. It works very well with good quality receipts that use a standard format and font. If the receipt is yellow, faded, stylized, or very wrinkled, you will probably have to manually enter most information, but it's very easy and fast to do that. The best part is that the OCR seems to learn. It remembers the type of expense (e.g. meals) that you enter for a vendor and automatically enters it the next time it sees the same vendor. It's very easy to personalize the already extensive lists of vendors, purchase types, and expense purposes. My only complaint with that is there doesn't seem to be a way to delete more than one vendor at a time, and there are a LOT of pre-loaded vendors I'll certainly never use. The business card reader is very good, unless the card has unusual graphics or background images. It's very consistent. It allows you to scan the backs of cards into the same entry. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to run the OCR software on the back of the card to add to the information already gathered from the front. This isn't an issue on most cards, though. Overall, it's very fast, intuitive and easy to use. Highly recommended. A word of warning: When you first install it, run the cleaning sheet and the calibration sheet through it before you try to scan anything. It can do some very strange things if you don't use the cleaning sheet.
Pretty good, scanners are never perfect. February 3, 2006 10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I like the small footprint of the design. The software is easy to use and exports to lots of different things. The B-Card scanning is ok, not as good as CardScan but good since its included. I like the fact that I can pop this, with its cloth cover, in my laptop case. No power cord, it runs off of a USB port.
The $189 price was $25 less than a special my wife saw on Martha Stewart.
I'll use it (hopefully) and avoid shoeboxes from now on.
Loved this item right away December 22, 2006 9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Read the reviews and decided this was just what I needed to get control of the papers Cluttering up my office and overstuffing my file cabinets...It was up and running within 20 minutes and it is easy to use...I am extremely pleased with this purchase as it will tame my paper 'monster' and save me from old faded unreadable receipts at tax time...not to mention that I can keep other documents like recipes, business cards, and my home basis expenses in folders I've set up. YEA! NO MORE SCRAPS OF PAPER ALL OVER THE HOUSE!!!!LOVE IT!!!
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