# Let users upload a photo instead of filling a form

- Category: product
- Author: Raul (https://indie.md/people/raul/)
- Source: https://indie.md/events/indie-tm-9-timisoara-may-2026/
- Canonical URL: https://indie.md/advice/ocr-upload-cuts-onboarding-friction/

When your onboarding asks for data the user is already holding on a card or a document, do not make them transcribe it. Let them photograph it and run OCR to pre-fill the fields. Raul's RCA flow replaces a dozen manual inputs with a single photo of the car registration and the current policy, and every field removed before the user sees value is a measurable lift in completion. The pattern generalizes to anything printed: an invoice, an ID, a label, a receipt. The cost of an OCR pass is now low enough that asking the user to type what a camera could read is a friction you are choosing to keep.