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Photograph a handwritten ledger and let AI fill in Excel for your parents

A 65-year-old shop owner can't use Excel, so his son set up a Claude project. Now he just uploads photos and gets the table the accountant wants.

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The problem

An older relative who runs the family shop writes every sale by hand, but the accountant wants an Excel file, so they pay someone to type it up every month.

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What to prepare

  • A phone camera
  • A sample Excel sheet

How to do it

  1. 1

    Make a sample sheet first

    Build it with the columns the accountant wants and fill in 3–5 rows as an example.

  2. 2

    Create a project with standing instructions

    Add the sample sheet to the project and paste the instructions below.

    Prompt
  3. 3

    Teach your parent a fixed routine

    Open the project → new chat → upload photos and the sheet. The AI sometimes misreads, so have them check the total once.

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