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I worked at a place that was trying to do this for thousands of restaurants, only they wanted to configure the POS system (all the items, variations, modificati
by aaaronic 4y ago
I worked at a place that was trying to do this for thousands of restaurants, only they wanted to configure the POS system (all the items, variations, modifications, combos, etc.) using just the PDF menu. We never got very far with automating it, but part-time high school employees were usually pretty decent at it.
Menu layouts are all over the place, so using OCR was trivial, but trying to figure out what went together and what modifications were valid on which items was a complete mess. Shrimp cocktail w/ cheese, anyone?
- bombcar 4y agoThe best part of these automations is you can end up with hilarious orders - like the McDonald’s app will let you order a cheeseburger with no cheese, no bun, no meat, no onion, no pickle, and no sauces. I suppose they should give you an empty wrapper.