I perform a lot of data entry at work, which is time consuming and tedius.
I want to make OCR software that can recognize recurring forms that I routinely see, for example a tax return. I want the software to recognize numbers in fields/areas I specify and return the numbers to an excel form that I have already created.
I envision the process to be, scan the document, make it a ?pdf?, I choose the type of scanned document from a list of templates I have created, software extracts the numbers I have specified based on the template selected, the extracted numbers are placed into an excel document in an order I specify based on the OCR template.
I have no programming experience beyond creating macros in excel. I'm self-taught on that and I'm willing to learn if I can be shown where to read or look. I have no issue making this a 3-6 month learning project that gets me into coding. I have nothing but time on my hands if this will save me hours and hours and all my coworkers become jealous.