The Starlog blogNotes from the receipt‑layer of the internet. Sometimes useful. Always honest.
Tax tips and honest notes on building Starlog. Written by the person building it.
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EngineeringHow receipt OCR actually works, from photo to data.
Photograph a receipt and the numbers type themselves — most people never ask how. The plain-English version: the two jobs hiding behind one tap, and where each one stumbles.
Your receipt is read on your phone, not uploaded to be read.Engineering
Receipt OCR that reads on your phone, not on someone's server.
Every receipt scanner has to read your slip somewhere — and where it happens decides whether it works without a signal and whether your receipt is shipped off to be read. Why Starlog does the reading on your phone, and what that actually buys you.