Extract tables, fields, and data from scanned documents, PDFs, and images directly into clean CSV files. AI-powered OCR reads any document layout without templates or manual data entry.
No templates. No manual data entry. No per-document setup.
Upload a PDF, scanned image, photo, or fax. The AI handles JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, multi-page PDFs, and more — skewed scans, low resolution, and faded text included.
The AI reads the document and identifies tables, column headers, row data, fields, line items, and totals by context. Data is structured into proper columns — no templates break when document layouts change.
Export your extracted data as a clean CSV file ready for database import, ERP integration, or spreadsheet analysis. Also available as Excel or Google Sheets. Use AI columns to define custom extraction rules in plain English.
Upload any PDF, scanned document, or image — invoice, receipt, bank statement, or form — and get structured CSV data back immediately.
No templates. No training data. No per-document-type setup.
PDFs, scanned images, photos, faxes, screenshots — upload documents from any source. Supports PDF, JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, BMP, and WebP. AI handles skewed scans, faded text, and low-resolution images without pre-processing.
Reads documents the way a person would, identifying fields by position and context. No templates break when document layouts change. Layout-agnostic AI works on any document format from any vendor without configuration.
AI detects table structures, column headers, row data, and key-value fields automatically. Extracts line items from invoices, entries from bank statements, and rows from any tabular document into properly formatted CSV columns.
Upload hundreds of documents at once. AI processes them in parallel and outputs all extracted data to a single CSV file or individual files per document. Connect email, Google Drive, or cloud storage for automatic processing.
Export extracted data as properly formatted CSV files ready for direct import into databases, ERPs, and accounting systems. Also available as Excel, Google Sheets, or JSON. REST API returns structured JSON with confidence scores.
SOC 2 Type 2 certified and HIPAA compliant. AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit. Documents automatically deleted within 24 hours. BAA available for healthcare and financial document processing.
“We process hundreds of scanned invoices per week and need CSV output for our ERP import. What used to take two full days of manual data entry now runs automatically in under an hour with zero formatting cleanup.”
“Our data team needed bank statement transactions in CSV for database import. The AI extracts dates, descriptions, amounts, and balances into perfect columns — no regex, no parsing scripts, no manual review.”
“We replaced three different OCR tools with one platform. It handles PDFs, scanned receipts, and photographed forms equally well. Clean CSV data lands in our system automatically every morning.”
“We cut manual data entry by 90%. Scanned documents that used to sit in a backlog for days now process automatically into CSV files ready for database import — invoices, receipts, purchase orders, all of it.”
Operations teams using AI-powered OCR to CSV conversion have reduced manual document processing time by 85–95% across invoices, receipts, bank statements, and scanned forms.
Every business that processes scanned documents eventually hits the same bottleneck: getting data out of images and PDFs and into a structured format that systems can actually use. CSV is the most universally accepted data interchange format — databases, ERPs, accounting software, and data warehouses all import CSV natively. But getting from a scanned document to a clean CSV file has traditionally been a painful, multi-step process.
Traditional OCR was designed to convert images of text into machine-readable characters. It works well on clean, high-resolution scans with consistent fonts and layouts. But it fails on real-world documents because it reads characters in isolation without understanding what those characters mean in context. A traditional OCR engine does not know that the number next to “Total Due” on an invoice is a payment amount, or that the rows in a table represent individual line items with separate columns for quantity, description, and price. The result is a flat text dump that requires extensive manual parsing, regex rules, and custom scripts to transform into a usable CSV file.
Template-based OCR tools attempt to solve this by letting you define extraction zones on a document — draw a box around the invoice number field, another around the line items table. This works for a single document layout, but breaks whenever a new vendor sends an invoice with a different format. Teams processing documents from dozens or hundreds of sources spend more time maintaining templates than they save on data entry.
AI-powered OCR to CSV takes a fundamentally different approach. Instead of recognizing characters one at a time or relying on fixed templates, the AI reads the entire visual structure of a document — tables, labels, column headers, row data, key-value pairs, and totals — the way a person would. It understands spatial relationships, recognizes that certain values belong together in the same row, and maps each data point to the correct CSV column automatically. This layout-agnostic approach means the same extraction engine works on invoices from any vendor, bank statements from any bank, and receipts from any merchant without templates or per-document configuration.
The practical impact is significant. Teams processing documents manually spend hours per day on data entry and CSV formatting that AI extraction completes in seconds. Because the AI adapts to any document layout, there is no setup cost when a new vendor, supplier, or document format appears. Extracted data flows directly into CSV files ready for database import, ERP integration, or downstream analysis. Security is handled end to end — Lido is SOC 2 Type 2 certified with AES-256 encryption and 24-hour automatic data deletion.
Lido is a layout-agnostic AI extraction platform that handles OCR to CSV conversion end to end. Upload PDFs, scanned documents, photos, or any file containing document data and get clean, structured CSV output back. Teams using Lido report reducing manual data entry by 85–95%, whether they process invoices, receipts, bank statements, or any other document type at scale.
Audited security controls verified over a sustained period.
Bank-grade encryption at rest. TLS 1.2+ in transit.
BAA available for healthcare and financial document processing.
OCR to CSV is the process of using optical character recognition and AI to convert scanned documents, images, and PDFs into structured CSV (comma-separated values) files. Traditional OCR reads characters but loses document structure. AI-powered tools like Lido go further by understanding the visual layout of a document and mapping each data point to the correct CSV column without templates.
Modern AI-powered OCR to CSV conversion achieves 95–99% accuracy on clear printed documents and 90–97% on handwritten text or low-quality scans. Lido's AI understands document layout — tables, headers, rows, fields — and extracts data into the correct CSV columns. This contextual understanding means higher effective accuracy than simple OCR for real-world documents.
AI-powered OCR to CSV handles any document containing tabular or structured data: invoices, receipts, bank statements, financial reports, purchase orders, inventory lists, medical forms, tax documents, shipping manifests, and survey results. Lido accepts PDF, JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, BMP, and WebP files, including scanned documents, photos from phone cameras, faxes, and screenshots.
Yes. AI-powered OCR to CSV processes scanned documents, photos from phone cameras, faxes, screenshots, and native digital PDFs. The AI handles skewed angles, shadows, low resolution, compression artifacts, faded text, and variable lighting that break traditional OCR. There is no need to crop or pre-process documents before uploading.
Both convert scanned documents to structured data, but CSV output is a plain-text format universally accepted by databases, ERPs, accounting systems, and any data import tool. Excel output preserves formatting and formulas but is less portable. OCR to CSV is preferred when the extracted data needs to flow into downstream systems. Lido supports both CSV and Excel export from the same extraction.
Lido is SOC 2 Type 2 certified and HIPAA compliant, with AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit. Documents are automatically deleted within 24 hours. A signed Business Associate Agreement is available for healthcare and financial documents. Your documents are never used to train AI models.
Lido offers 50 free pages with no credit card required. The Standard plan is $29/month for 100 pages. The Scale plan is $7,000/year for up to 42,000 pages and 10 users. Enterprise plans start at $30,000/year with custom ERP integrations, a dedicated account manager, and BAA signing for HIPAA compliance. Volume pricing is available for high-volume workflows.
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