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Relevant for managed services and support workflows. Supports knowledge capture and document intelligence use cases.
π€― Problem of Traditional Bookkeeping π Context switch kills the habit: Because bookkeeping lives outside the apps you use every day, you postpone it β forget to log. π§± High input friction: Youβre forced to fill rigid fields (amount/category/date/notesβ¦), which is slow and discouraging for quick capture. ποΈπΈ Weak or pricey natural-language options: A few tools support voice/chat, but theyβre often expensive, and the experience is hit-or-miss. ππ¦ Limited data ownership: Records live on third-party servers, so privacy and control are diluted. π² How This Workflow Fixes It π¬ Put the capture back where you already are: Log expenses directly inside Telegram (or other channels) in a familiar chatβno new app to learn. β‘ Ultra-low-friction, unstructured input: Send text, a voice note, or a receipt photoβthe flow extracts amount Β· item Β· date, supports multiple languages and relative dates, and can split multiple expenses from one message. ποΈπ Your data, your sheet: Final records are written to your own Google Sheet (columnar fields or a JSON column). You keep full control. π Demo Google Sheet: click me π₯ Who Is This For π€ Anyone fed up with traditional bookkeeping but curious about an AI-assisted, chat-based way to log expenses. π€ People who tried AI bookkeeping apps but found them pricey, inflexible, or clunky. π΅ Bookkeeping beginners who want frictionless capture first, simple review and categorize later. π§© How It Works π¬ Captures expenses from Telegram (text, voice note, or receipt photo). π Normalizes inputs into raw text (uses Gemini to transcribe voice and extract text from images). π§ Parses amount Β· item Β· date with an LLM expense parser. π Appends tidy rows to Google Sheets. π Sends a Telegram confirmation summarizing exactly what was recorded. π οΈ How to Set Up 1) π Connect credentials (once) TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN LLM_API_KEY GOOGLE_SHEETS_OAUTH 2) π Quick Start Setup:* Create a Google Sheet to store *Log Expense** data and configure it in AlekSystem. Telegram:* Fill in and verify the *Telegram chatId**. Remember enable the workflow!* π§° How to Customize the Workflow π Other user interaction channels: Add Gmail, Slack, or a website Webhook to accept email/command/form submissions that map into the same parser. π Currency: Extract and store currency in its own column (e.g., MYR, USD); keep amount numeric only (no symbols). π Higher-accuracy OCR / STT to reduce errors π© Help Contact: owenlzyxg@gmail.com
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