Ahmed A.
Python OCR & Data Extraction Expert | PDF, Excel & Automation
I help businesses extract clean data from PDFs, scans, invoices, forms, and images using Python OCR, Document AI, and automation — delivered as Excel, CSV, JSON, Google Sheets, databases, or APIs. My work is not just “OCR” or simple copy-paste automation. I build practical tools, Python scripts, REST APIs, and MVP workflows that can extract data from PDFs, scanned documents, invoices, receipts, purchase orders, bank statements, forms, reports, and images — then clean, validate, review, and export the results into Excel, CSV, JSON, Google Sheets, databases, or API-ready formats. ⚙️ What I can help you build: ✅ Python scripts for PDF, OCR, image, and data extraction automation ✅ PDF to Excel / CSV / JSON conversion workflows ✅ OCR pipelines using Google Vision OCR, Tesseract, OpenCV, PyMuPDF, and AI models ✅ Invoice, receipt, purchase order, bank statement, and form parsing systems ✅ REST APIs for document upload, processing, extraction, and export ✅ MVP tools for document processing platforms and internal business automation ✅ Human-in-the-loop review systems to improve accuracy before final export ✅ Excel automation, data cleaning, matching, validation, and reporting ✅ Google Sheets automation and structured data workflows ✅ Web scraping and API-based data collection when needed ✅ Custom automation tools that replace repetitive manual work 🧠 My main advantage: I combine strong manual data extraction experience with real Python automation skills. That means I understand both sides of the problem: 1. The accuracy needed when dealing with messy, real-world documents 2. The technical automation needed to process files faster and more reliably at scale I have worked on OCR and document automation projects involving scanned PDFs, financial documents, purchase orders, invoices, receipts, bank statements, forms, Google Drive OCR pipelines, Excel automation, structured data conversion, and AI-assisted document parsing. I also build review workflows where uncertain values are flagged for human review instead of blindly exporting incorrect data. This is especially useful for businesses that need high accuracy, auditability, and clean final outputs. 💡 Example workflows I can build: A user uploads PDFs or scanned images → the backend extracts the required fields → low-confidence or unclear values are sent to a review screen → the final approved data is exported to Excel, CSV, JSON, Google Sheets, or sent through a REST API. Another example: A business receives invoices, POs, or reports every day → a Python automation processes the files → extracts key fields and line items → validates the data → highlights missing or uncertain values → generates a clean Excel report ready for use. I care about building solutions that are practical, accurate, and useful in real daily work — not just scripts that work on one perfect sample file. If you have sample files, send me 1–3 examples and I can review the structure, suggest the best workflow, and explain the expected accuracy, cost, and implementation approach.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $4.8k
Billed in all: $18,218$18k
$322 in the last 6 months
Across 16 contracts
Across 92 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 9% in Python Script
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