Mahad OCR

Document type

Receipt OCR

Read retail and expense receipts including item rows where legible.

Can Mahad OCR read a Receipt?

Available now. Read retail and expense receipts including item rows where legible. It returns merchant; date; total and more as JSON. Input: PNG, JPG, PDF. Limitation: Faded thermal paper, crumpled receipts and handwritten additions are the hardest cases and often need review.

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Fields normally extracted

  • merchant
  • date
  • total
  • tax
  • currency
  • line_items[] where readable

Validation available

Each field marked ✓ confirmed or ⚠ check it; capture-quality feedback for poor photos.

Example response

Synthetic example — not a real document.

{ "type": "Receipt", "values": { "merchant": "…", "total": "42.50", "currency": "USD" } }

Supported formats

PNG, JPG, PDF

Common business uses

  • Employee expense claims
  • Petty cash records
  • Spend capture

Integration

POST https://api.mahadocr.com/v1/documents/upload

Integration guide →

Limitations

Faded thermal paper, crumpled receipts and handwritten additions are the hardest cases and often need review.

Related features

Invoice and Receipt Extraction

Pull header fields and full line items out of invoices and receipts.

Try it on your own document

Upload a receipt in the live demo — the file is processed in memory and not stored.

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