Applied Optical Character Recognition and Large Language Models in Augmenting Manual Business Processes for Data Analytics in Traditional Small Businesses with Minimal Digital Adoption

Zachary Matthew Alabastro; Joseph Benjamin Ilagan; Lois Abigail To; Jose Ramon Ilagan

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-93429-2_18

Applied Optical Character Recognition and Large Language Models in Augmenting Manual Business Processes for Data Analytics in Traditional Small Businesses with Minimal Digital Adoption

Zachary Matthew Alabastro, Joseph Benjamin Ilagan, Lois Abigail To, Jose Ramon Ilagan

Department of Quantitative Methods and Information Technology

Ateneo de Manila University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence in HCI - 6th International Conference, AI-HCI 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings
Editors	Helmut Degen, Stavroula Ntoa
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	267-276
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783031934285
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93429-2_18
State	Published - 2025
Event	6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in HCI, AI-HCI 2025, held as part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: Jun 22 2025 → Jun 27 2025

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	15822 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in HCI, AI-HCI 2025, held as part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Period	6/22/25 → 6/27/25

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Keywords

AI
artificial intelligence
data engineering
food stalls
large language models
local enterprises
Optical character recognition
prompt engineering
Python
sales analytics
staff augmentation

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-031-93429-2_18

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Alabastro, Z. M., Ilagan, J. B., To, L. A., & Ilagan, J. R. (2025). Applied Optical Character Recognition and Large Language Models in Augmenting Manual Business Processes for Data Analytics in Traditional Small Businesses with Minimal Digital Adoption. In H. Degen, & S. Ntoa (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in HCI - 6th International Conference, AI-HCI 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings (pp. 267-276). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 15822 LNAI). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93429-2_18

Applied Optical Character Recognition and Large Language Models in Augmenting Manual Business Processes for Data Analytics in Traditional Small Businesses with Minimal Digital Adoption. / Alabastro, Zachary Matthew; Ilagan, Joseph Benjamin; To, Lois Abigail et al.
Artificial Intelligence in HCI - 6th International Conference, AI-HCI 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings. ed. / Helmut Degen; Stavroula Ntoa. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. p. 267-276 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 15822 LNAI).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Alabastro, ZM, Ilagan, JB, To, LA & Ilagan, JR 2025, Applied Optical Character Recognition and Large Language Models in Augmenting Manual Business Processes for Data Analytics in Traditional Small Businesses with Minimal Digital Adoption. in H Degen & S Ntoa (eds), Artificial Intelligence in HCI - 6th International Conference, AI-HCI 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 15822 LNAI, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 267-276, 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in HCI, AI-HCI 2025, held as part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, 6/22/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93429-2_18

Alabastro ZM, Ilagan JB, To LA, Ilagan JR. Applied Optical Character Recognition and Large Language Models in Augmenting Manual Business Processes for Data Analytics in Traditional Small Businesses with Minimal Digital Adoption. In Degen H, Ntoa S, editors, Artificial Intelligence in HCI - 6th International Conference, AI-HCI 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. p. 267-276. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-93429-2_18

Alabastro, Zachary Matthew ; Ilagan, Joseph Benjamin ; To, Lois Abigail et al. / Applied Optical Character Recognition and Large Language Models in Augmenting Manual Business Processes for Data Analytics in Traditional Small Businesses with Minimal Digital Adoption. Artificial Intelligence in HCI - 6th International Conference, AI-HCI 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings. editor / Helmut Degen ; Stavroula Ntoa. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. pp. 267-276 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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