# I Built an Image-to-Excel Tool After Being Tired of Re-Typing Tables

> Published 2026-01-05 · https://www.promptzone.com/zhero_owo_066f9a1ac677ab4/i-built-an-image-to-excel-tool-after-being-tired-of-re-typing-tables-49cg

This started with a very familiar moment.

It’s almost 6pm.
You’re about to close your laptop.
Then your boss drops a message:

> “Can you put these invoices / scanned tables into Excel?”

You open the images:

* slightly blurry
* crooked photos
* broken table borders
* random fonts and numbers

And then the usual workflow begins:

* type row by row
* zoom in, zoom out
* double-check every number
* still get asked:

  > “Are you sure this one isn’t missing a zero?”

I tried existing image-to-Excel tools:

* table structure gets messed up
* OCR mistakes like `8 → B` or `0 → O`
* batch processing is basically unusable

Then I experimented with AI-based OCR.
The recognition quality was much better, **but**:

* uploading images one by one
* writing prompts
* copying results manually

…was not something you want to do with 20 invoices.

So I built a small tool to solve one thing only:
**turn table images into usable Excel files, with less pain.**

Current flow:

* Upload one or multiple images
* AI OCR detects table structure and text
* Preview the generated Excel
* Download and move on

I mainly use it for invoices, receipts, printed tables, and screenshots.
The structure isn’t perfect in every case, but **it’s far better than manual typing** and good enough for real work.

Link:
👉 [JPG to Excel](https://jpg2excel.app)

Not a must-have tool.
But if you’ve ever spent your evening typing numbers from a photo,
this might save you a couple of hours — and maybe an earlier night 😅