NeatReceipts for Mac
NeatReceipts for Mac
Product Information
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Overview
NeatReceipts is a mobile scanner and digital filing system that helps you manage all of your paperwork on the computer. It includes NeatWorks software that identifies and extracts the important information from receipts, business cards and documents and automatically organizes it for you.
Powerfully easy to use
NeatReceipts relies on NeatWorks for Mac Version 2.0 software that's designed to look and feel like the applications you use every day. It gives you drag-and-drop functionality, multiple views and is completely integrated with Spotlight.
Capture and retrieve details quickly
NeatWorks software uses OCR and patented parsing technology to identify and save key information. On receipts, it looks for the date, vendor, amount and sales tax. On business cards, it collects all of the contact information. And on documents, it saves the printed text in searchable PDF format. You can also perform keyword searches on any scanned item.
It works where you work
Weighing less the one pound, NeatReceipts is perfect for taking along for the road, home or office. You can keep track of every detail no matter where you are.
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Highlights
- Navigate the interface with ease
- Save digital copies of receipts and records of vendors, dates, totals
- Create expense reports and manage business and personal expenses
- Keep track of expenses for tax time (records accepted by the IRS)
- Export data to PDF, Excel, Quicken, QuickBooks, TurboTax
- Keep digital images of business cards
- Capture name, address, company title and more
- Create your own searchable contact database
- Export data to Outlook and more
- Scan documents and create searchable PDF files
- Edit text using copy/paste
- Organize and store in your digital filing system
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Did you notice?
Intelligent text recognition and keyword searching let you save and retrieve information from scanned documents with ease. -
Apple Recommends For
An easy-to-use, intuitive way to manage all of your business and personal paperwork. -
What's in the Box?
- NeatReceipts for Mac scanner
- NeatWorks for Mac 2.0 software
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Tech Specs
- Connections : USB
- Height : 1.3 in./3.3 cm
- Width : 10.8 in./27.43 cm
- Depth : 1.6 in./4.06 cm
- Weight : 10.6 oz./300.5 g
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System Requirements
Mac
- Mac OS X v.10.4.10 or later
- Mac PowerPC G4, Intel Core Duo processor or faster
- 1 GB free hard drive space
- 1 GB RAM
- USB
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive
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Manufacturer Information
Part Number
- Mfr. Part Number : 322
- UPC or EAN No. : 899061000322
Warranty
- Note : Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple's Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.
- Warranty : One-year limited (For details, please visit www.neatco.com/support/warranty-information.)
Ratings & Reviews
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Not Happy with this At All
I'm somewhat surprised, given every "article" written is enthusiastic. I have to say the success rate on business cards is about 1 in 20. 2 in 20 are "close" but require 2-3 minutes of juggling of information around. And, honestly, half the phone numbers are wrong (I guess the scanner can't really handle the small fonts on most business cards).
I think it is quicker to simply type in the contact information manually (which is too bad).
I will most likely be returning this product unless somebody can convince me the scan and edit is quicker than just typing.
Here's my comparison:
without NeatReceipts:
1. Launch address book (pick any app) - 20 seconds
2. Click 'New Contact" - 5 seconds
3. Type/Enter Contact Info - 30 seconds
4. Save, Toss Card, Save 1-10 MB of Disk space - 5 seconds
TOTAL TIME: 1 minute
with NeatReceipts:
1. Get and Connect Scanner - 30 seconds
(no sense leaving it out on the desk all the time)
2. Launch NeatReceipts Software - 20 seconds
3. Scan Business Card - 30 seconds (at least, with analysis)
4. Proof and Correct Data - 2-3 minutes
5. Save (and waste 1-10 MB of disk space) - 5 seconds
6. Import/Merge into Address Book? - 20 seconds
TOTAL TIME: 3:45 - 4:45 minutes
Really silly, unless you plan on practicing to become a professional scanner/proofer/editor. I'd rather stick with my typing skills - and save my disk space. …- Written by Shawn K from Concord
263 of 308 people found this useful
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Potentially useful
The card-scanning software is poor; its redeeming quality is that the original card is saved as a picture which transfers to addre ss book, so the mistakes the software makes can be corrected at a later time and the original card is there for future reference; I find it useful when you have many cards to digitize (say 50); you just let the scanner do its job possibly with errors, and you can devote your time to doing something else. Scanning pdf's, however, is good.
The actual scanner is small and I use it when I travel, it even fits inside your carry-on.
It is a pity also that it does not seem to scan pictures to high-quality jpg's, just to pdf's. …- Written by Luis S from Toronto
112 of 118 people found this useful
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Disappointed
Every receipt that I've scanned has gone crooked. To the point all my receipts on screen look curved. I haven't got a straight one yet. If a paper gets caught on a fold, it will alter the direction of the paper going through, again making it crooked. It needs a guide on the outside. Sometimes it looks smeared.
It can't recognize any text at all. Get's it wrong all the time.
The only cool thing about it is it's size. It's small and lightweight. It's also powered through the USB cable, so no need for a power outlet which is handy in the car.
Going to return it.
Now if only Abobe would make Acrobat for Mac without having make us by Creative Suite! Loved that program when I was a PC user. …- Written by J F from Saskatoon
112 of 120 people found this useful
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Don't bother
We have a Macbook Retina Pro. Returned NeatReceipt as fast as I could. Seemed like the software was outdated for our computer. Ver y disappointed, but will look for a more compatible scanner. …
- Written by Jean M from St. Paul
12 of 12 people found this useful
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Great Concept - Poor Operation
The Neat scanner is a wonderful idea - but if I didn't own it, I wouldn't buy it.
It refuses to consistently work with a MacMini - every other time the application is started, I have to turn off and on the scanner, exit out of the application, and restart - sometimes 4 or 5 times in a row just to scan 1 single receipt
The Neat support people have no answer - they say it "is what it is"
So don't buy the Neat scanner - cause "it isn't what it is supposed to be" …- Written by B Lane H from Libertyville
16 of 16 people found this useful
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Product Continues Downward Spiral
Hardware is great, software needs a revamp.
Updates turn back into the stone age. You'd be better off taking a picture of your r eceipts and store them in a folder. It can't even do that in a simple way.
Why would a company make PC & Mac but force you to buy the software for both platforms, and then not make them compatible? And charge you $80 for a useless already overpriced item....
Minus 1 STAR...= ZERO
Don't waste your money on this until NEAT cleans up their software. …- Written by Sherman C from Edmonton
31 of 33 people found this useful
Questions & Answers
Answers from the community
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Does it have own software? may it use i-photo to organize scanned items?
- Asked by Raul M from Lleida
- Mar 30, 2011
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Sadly, I have only gotten this scanner to work using NeatCo's proprietary software.
- Answered by Kyle J. W from Ottawa
- Jul 10, 2011
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does this scanner only make files into JAPEGs or does it transfer also to a PDF?
- Asked by Jordan F from Phoenix
- May 4, 2011
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Yes. This scanner actually gives you the option to write (and has a hardware button specifically for ) PDF files. You can also select PDF in the software, if you choose to load it instead of using the hardware buttons. …
- Answered by Kyle J. W from Ottawa
- Jul 10, 2011
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i am only interested in scanning images, not on text recognition, and on getting a scanner that is portable and mac compatible. can I just scan images
- Asked by Maria L from Coconut Grove
- Nov 20, 2010
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Yes, images only is easy!
- Answered by Lynne H from Vancouver
- Nov 21, 2010
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I'd like to share this with my business partner who is a Windows user? Is it a hybrid disc or do I have to additionally buy the Windows disc?
- Asked by Carlos J R from Rosslyn
- Feb 11, 2010
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You have to buy a windows disc. Then you can use the same scanner. After that you can transfer info rmation back and forth easily by saving it in the proper format and then exporting to your Documents file to send out. I have both systems, it has worked well.
Answered by DH from Red Deer …- Answered by Don H from Red Deer
- Mar 4, 2010
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All the reviews about neat receipts seem to be about scanning business card - but what about scanning receipts? Does it work well?
- Asked by Suzanne Z from Temple
- Dec 2, 2009
Best Answer
Yes, any documents with numerical text works fine. Our office would spend a week completing employ ee time sheets, expenses, and then reconciliation with invoicing. Now we have it completed in two days. Hand written recognition is great, but all data then must be manually transferred to columns. Where text that is typed, is captured and 90% of the numerical information is transferred from the receipts to the ledger columns accurately.
DH Red Deer …- Answered by Don H from Red Deer
- Mar 4, 2010
