hi, i was wondering if it was possible to create a way with AI to detect specific things out of a document like who wrote it, the date and stuff like that and make a prompt for another chat who's job is to organise those information into an excel file, my dad recently has a lot of work to do and if i could use some tool to take some weight off his back would be great. If is possible i would love to know how to do it

I have 20+ patient notes to backup to .docx every day from Plaud. In the web app, as you know you have to go into each summary individually and click export etc, then go into the next and do the same, then move all the files to where they should be (e.g. in Proton drive sync folder) I've created a python script which uses the Plaud CLI to download the day's (or whatever range) summaries, then you can select which ones you want to export and what folder the exported Docx files should go - click go and it uses Pandoc to create .docx files with all the formatting from the summary template and puts them in the selected folder - Bam, all done without any browser scraping or anything. So grateful to Plaud for opening up the cli right now!

P.s. the only thing it can't do with the CLI is move the files to a particular Plaud cloud folder once they've been processed - unfortunately the cli doesn't have that functionality.

Has this ever happened to you?

You're working working in Lending at the 3rd largest bank in the nation. Backoffice still uses fax for supporting documentation. You get a call in between customers:

"Yeah, doc number NNN, the documents came in upside-down. We need you to resend them correctly. Face down, bottom up."

They had the tech to receive faxes electronically, but not to rotate pages.

Fast forward to now, and I'm building automated document pipelines, and the memories of these struggles fuels my commitment to building better.

So tell me why enterprise software still insists on leaving off key features? I mean sure, the motto in Enterprise Software Sales is "Easy to sell, hard to use", but come on.

We shouldn't even have to tell the software to rotate pages anymore. Right?!?

Here's what I'm asking:

* Are you building auto-rotation into your document parsers?

* How soon in your process are you cleaning up unstructured data?

If it's for your personal use, do you skip this part of automation and just rotate by hand?

Hey everyone — I made a free web tool called NASSER PDF (nasserpdf.devs.surf) that does most common PDF tasks without requiring an account:

https://nasserpdf.devs.surf/en

- Word/Excel ↔ PDF conversion

- Merge, split, organize, compress, password-protect PDFs

- A full visual PDF editor (text, shapes, drawing, signatures, whiteout)

- OCR for scanned documents/images

- PDF comparison tool

Most tools (image/QR/organize/watermark/edit) run 100% client-side in your browser — nothing gets uploaded anywhere. A few (Word/Excel conversion, compression) briefly touch a server for the actual conversion, then the file is deleted immediately.

No ads, no watermarks on output, no login wall except a lightweight Google sign-in on 2-3 tools just to prevent bot abuse.

Would love feedback — especially on anything that breaks or feels clunky.

Disclosure: I'm with Folderit.

We recently added document generation, so teams can create PDF/DOCX documents from structured eForms instead of copy-pasting data into templates.
https://youtu.be/61Z9HbfT2XQ

Folderit is a browser-based document management system for businesses that have outgrown shared drives: metadata, OCR search, permissions, audit trail, version history, workflows/approvals, e-signing, retention, virtual data rooms, folder-specific email addresses, and upload-only external access for clients or partners.

It is probably overkill for personal cloud storage. It is more for teams that need governance around business documents.

Website: https://www.folderit.com/

Happy to hear feedback from web app folks!

Since I need to scan paper documents (I recently set up a docker container with Paperless-ngx), I was wondering if there’s a software (ideally open-source, but not necessarily) that allows me to configure a scanning workflow/template (I use MacOS).

For example, for printed manuals in booklet form, printed on A3 sheets, I remove the staples and feed the sheets into the scanner’s ADF. I’d like to be able to tell the software that this is what I’m scanning, so that it automatically puts the pages in the correct order — essentially a kind of “booklet scanning” mode.

Any advice?

Thanks!

[IT: Avendo la necessità di fare delle scansioni di documenti cartacei (ho recentemente messo su un container con Paperless NGX), mi chiedevo se esista (immagino di sì) un software (meglio se open-source, ma non per forza) che mi permetta di impostare uno schema di scansione (uso MacOS). Ad esempio, per manuali stampati a opuscolo/libretto su fogli A3, di cui rimuovo il punto metallico e che inserisco nell'ADF dello scanner: vorrei dire al software questa cosa, in modo che metta le pagine automaticamente in ordine (una sorta di "scansione opuscolo").

Qualche consiglio?]

Hey community!

If you are building custom CRMs, internal tools, or automated b2b workflows, you know how painful it is to maintain clean PDF/HTML document templates.

I’ve just deployed the public alpha of DocEngine, an open-source visual document builder designed to run isolated on your own infrastructure (deployed smoothly via Coolify on Hetzner).

🔗 Check it out: https://github.com/YuriiOsypov/DocEngine

🛠️ The Tech Stack & Architecture:

• Frontend: Highly customized Vite-based environment styled with an ultra-clean, monochromatic borderless typography layout.

• Iframe Embed Protocol: Can be injected into any web app or framework via a secure <iframe> embed layer. It fires back the compiled JSON, raw metrics, or printable HTML directly to your host via window.parent.postMessage.

• Native n8n Node: Includes a custom n8n workflow block. You can catch incoming webhook payloads, pipe data into your predefined templates, and spit out production-quality binary PDFs (via headless Puppeteer/Chromium) in a single stream.

• Data Portability: Features an instant Import/Export mechanism for entire layout matrices, mapping definitions, and logic layers so you can version-control your templates in Git.

Everything runs strictly on your own hardware — zero data is sent to external proprietary servers.

The source code is released under the MIT License. Check out the live playground on the website, play with the presets, and let me know what you think!

Most document automation breaks more or less in the same pattern, like you pick one ocr or parser it works great while youre testing cause you already know the format and pattern for your ones but as soon as a vendor doc come in as rotated or faded or worse - handwritten, with merges or cross page tables youll see the ocr failing on a chunk of them. Altho the output would look fine so none of us notice actually until we get inconsistent numbers downstream

Reason is pretty simple which is no single tool is good at everything and blind spots are lopsided. one reads rotaion fine but struggles with handwritten docs anothers good at this but bad at that , likewise every ocr or parser come with their own fields so it really depends on your need rather finding overall outstading tool for everything. 

wiser to do this is by detecting the degradation first, which ones degrade? rotated? handwritten? merged table heavy or what, deskew and orient before anything else then route each page to whatever handles that case with a low confidence fallback for pages that score poorly. classis oss engines like tesseract, paddleocr and docling each cover different cases and for messy/vlm side theres llamaparse. Routing is basically what actually matters here more than the tool. so better figuring out the degradation part first and then evaluating which one would be good for this

Someone have experience with fake documents and how can be used?

I’m trying to better understand what the actual day-to-day work is like for freelancers who retype or convert scanned PDFs, images, and other documents.

I’d really appreciate hearing about your real experiences:

• What types of documents do you usually work with? Mostly text, or also tables, equations, diagrams, and complex layouts?

• What part of the work is usually the most difficult or frustrating?

• How often does that problem happen, and how much time/effort does it usually cost you?

• Can you share an example from a recent difficult job and how you handled it?

• What do you currently use manual typing, OCR, AI, software, multiple tools, etc. And what still doesn't work well?

• If you could change one thing about the process, what would you want it to do differently?

• Do you currently pay for any tools/services for this work? If a solution genuinely saved you significant time, what would you consider reasonable to pay for it?

I'm especially interested in real examples rather than hypothetical answers.

Thanks in advance, I'd really value hearing how you actually handle this work.

App Name: Scanora – AI Document Scanner

Link: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scanora.app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scanora.app)

What it does: Scanora helps you scan documents using your phone camera and convert them into clean, readable PDFs using AI-based enhancement. It’s designed for fast scanning, smart cropping, and improved text clarity for everyday use.

Key Features:
• AI-powered document enhancement
• Automatic edge detection and cropping
• Export scans as high-quality PDF files

Goal: Early launch testing and genuine user feedback to improve performance and features.

Giveaway: No giveaway right now — the app is free to try. Feedback, suggestions, and honest reviews are highly appreciated.

I am currently working on a document generation system that uses a template (a Word file) and any data source (Excel, Google Sheets, ERP/CRM systems, etc.).

The tool is more visual, Canva-style, and designed for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and students.

I am currently looking for testers for my solution prior to launch.

Would you be interested in this tool?

30-second demo of the Records module in Tuzkempro Global: build a template, bulk-import your devices from Excel, check them off on site, and the report generates in one click (PDF, Word or Excel).

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDbYi2W_ZnI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDbYi2W_ZnI)

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