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.
Convert scanned documents to clean CSV files for data import.
Upload scanned PDFs, photographs, or image files. Supports invoices, bank statements, forms, reports, and any document with tabular data.
Optical character recognition extracts every character from the scan, then AI detects tables, columns, and rows to organize the data into a structured format.
Get a properly formatted CSV with headers and values ready for import into Excel, Google Sheets, databases, or any system that accepts CSV input.
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.
Last updated: June 2026
Every organization that processes scanned documents eventually encounters the same bottleneck: extracting data from images and PDFs into a structured format that downstream systems can actually consume. CSV is the most broadly 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 endeavor.
Traditional OCR was engineered to convert images of text into machine-readable characters. It works well on crisp, high-resolution scans with consistent fonts and layouts. But it fails on real-world documents because it reads characters in isolation with no understanding of what those characters mean in context. A traditional OCR engine cannot determine that the number beside “Total Due” on an invoice is a payment amount, or that the rows in a table represent individual line items with distinct columns for quantity, description, and price. The output is a flat text dump requiring extensive manual parsing, regex rules, and custom scripts to reshape into a usable CSV file.
Template-based OCR tools try to solve this by letting you mark 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 fails when a new vendor sends an invoice in a different format. Teams processing documents from dozens or hundreds of sources spend more time managing templates than they save on data entry.
AI-powered OCR to CSV works on a fundamentally different principle. Rather than recognizing characters one at a time or depending on fixed templates, the AI reads the complete visual structure of a document — tables, labels, column headers, row data, key-value pairs, and totals — as a person would. It perceives spatial relationships, recognizes which values belong in the same row, and places each data point in the correct CSV column automatically. This layout-agnostic approach means one extraction engine handles invoices from any vendor, bank statements from any bank, and receipts from any merchant without templates or per-document setup.
The operational impact is significant. Teams that process documents manually spend hours daily on data entry and CSV formatting that AI extraction finishes in seconds. Because the AI adapts to any document layout, there is no onboarding 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 managed 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 from start to finish. Upload PDFs, scanned documents, photos, or any file containing document data and receive clean, structured CSV output back. Teams using Lido report cutting 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.
Start free with 50 pages. Upgrade when you're ready.
50 free pages. All features included. No credit card required.