# OCR scanner

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108>\
**Category:** Component Requests\
**Tags:** external-integration, backlog\
**Created:** [April 18, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108 "2020-04-18T20:40:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![banjaxed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/banjaxed/32/369_2.png) [@banjaxed](https://forum.adalo.com/u/banjaxed)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108/1 "2020-04-18T20:40:19Z")

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Being able to scan receipt and get the text och of it would be really awesome.

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**Author:** ![jeremy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/jeremy/32/385_2.png) [@jeremy](https://forum.adalo.com/u/jeremy)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108/2 "2020-04-21T15:59:00Z")

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You could probably do this today with Zapier + some OCR API but it might be a little slower!

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**Author:** ![banjaxed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/banjaxed/32/369_2.png) [@banjaxed](https://forum.adalo.com/u/banjaxed)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108/3 "2020-04-25T12:28:31Z")

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Jeremy Blalock (Adalo): I gave up that project for now. I didnt manage to figure out how to solve that. Thanks for input

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**Author:** ![tylerssn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/tylerssn/32/9602_2.png) [@tylerssn](https://forum.adalo.com/u/tylerssn)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108/4 "2020-12-04T23:43:55Z")

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You really need an OCR API for this. Then you need to be able to justify the cost of _GOOD_ OCR APIs—good ones the to be quite pricey.

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**Author:** ![Erik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/erik/32/7849_2.png) [@Erik](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Erik)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108/5 "2021-04-08T00:13:37Z")

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This is now available via integromat integration

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**Author:** ![geoffthomas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/geoffthomas/32/38760_2.png) [@geoffthomas](https://forum.adalo.com/u/geoffthomas)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108/6 "2021-04-26T16:39:26Z")

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Built this myself with integromat and google cloud vision. Had issues storing it back to Adalo, but probably on me.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108/7 "2026-01-23T11:20:39Z")

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**Author:** ![Dilon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/dilon/32/39815_2.png) [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/ocr-scanner/64108/8 "2026-02-01T16:54:50Z")

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