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Hello,

I have an idea, but I lack the technical expertise to implement it.

I possess an old gasometer, and I currently document its readings by taking a photograph each month and manually entering the data into a Calc spreadsheet, along with the corresponding dates.

I am hoping to automate this process.

My initial thought is that a system could capture the images automatically, input the data into a database, and then present the information in a user-friendly format on a display.

Would anyone have any suggestions or insights on how to achieve this?

Thx

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

You would need an optical character recognition system. No idea how to implement one on a tiny scale like you are talking, but it should be at least feasible.