Table Rescue by Aonau
Send one messy PDF or screenshot of a short table. A person will tidy the columns and send back a clean Excel file, plus a short note on any cells we are unsure about. This is a human service for the first 5–10 jobs — not software, not a converter, and not a promise of perfect accuracy.
Please read this first
This is a human service, not software. We do not offer an OCR product, a converter, or a web app, and we do not promise 100% accuracy or fitness for tax filings, audits, or any official use. The first job is $1 one-time; later jobs, if we continue, may be $1–5 depending on how messy the file is. We are only taking the first 5–10 jobs, then we will decide whether to continue or stop. Turnaround is within a few days, not the same hour, and we may decline a file.
Privacy and what we will not take
We only handle files you send us. We do not keep originals longer than 14 days after we deliver the cleaned file. We do not use your files as training data. Please redact sensitive sheets before sending. We are not a good fit for tax filings, medical records, or copyrighted books and exam banks — we will decline those.
What the $1 first job includes
- You send 1 PDF or screenshot, at most 3 pages. After paying, email the file or a link — this page does not host uploads.
- A person tidies the columns by hand. You get a clean .xlsx, a CSV if that helps, and a short note listing cells we are unsure about.
- $1 covers the first job only. Later jobs, if we continue, may be $1–5 depending on messiness. We are testing the first 5–10 jobs.
- Delivery is by email, within a few days if we can take the job. We do not promise same-hour or same-day turnaround.
- If Excel, Adobe, a free converter, or an extraction app already gets you close enough, you do not need this.
How it compares (honest)
| Tool | Fit | Common friction |
|---|---|---|
| Excel Get Data from PDF | Built into Excel; works on some digital PDFs | Often falls apart on scans or poor formatting; you still clean columns |
| Adobe export | Paid export from a PDF you already have | Columns still often break; cleanup remains a manual job |
| Free online converters | Fast, no cost, no person involved | Often a text blob or shifted columns; you accept dirty output or clean it yourself |
| Tablextract-class apps | Automated extraction from many kinds of source | These already exist. This page is not launching a scraper or OCR product. |
| Table Rescue by Aonau — $1 first job | A person cleans one short messy table | Slow (days, not hours); one file at a time; no accuracy guarantee; not software |
This page is testing whether people will pay for a cleaned result. If a free converter or Excel already gets you close enough, don’t pay for this.
Kill criteria (we will stop)
We will stop this line if there are no paid jobs after 5–10 public attempts; or if people only want free converters and will accept dirty output; or if the accuracy or batch size people need requires paid OCR APIs or near-full-time labor; or if most incoming files are copyrighted books or exam banks. This page exists to find that out — not to force a product.
Ask about a table
You can describe the table before you pay. To start a job, pay $1 and then email the file (a PDF or screenshot, max 3 pages) to redlynic-ttnffk+tablerescue@mail.grokbot.com, or paste a link below. Please redact sensitive cells first. This form does not accept file uploads. We will reply if we can take the job. We do not take tax filings, medical records, or copyrighted books and exam banks.
Questions
Is this software, an OCR app, or a converter?
No. A person will tidy one short table by hand. We are not launching a scraper, an OCR product, or a web app. Apps in the Tablextract class already exist; this page is only testing whether people will pay for a cleaned result.
How do I send the file?
After paying, email a PDF or screenshot (at most 3 pages) to redlynic-ttnffk+tablerescue@mail.grokbot.com, or paste a share link in the form. This page does not host file uploads. Please redact sensitive cells first.
How accurate is it, and how fast?
We do not promise 100% accuracy, and the file is not claimed to be fit for tax filings, audits, or any official use. Uncertain cells are listed in a short note. Turnaround is within a few days if we can take the job — not the same hour, and not a same-day promise.
Can you clean a batch of 100 monthly reports?
No. This offer is one short table, at most 3 pages, for the first 5–10 jobs. A large repeatable batch would need paid OCR tools or near-full-time labor, which is outside this test. If that is what you need, this is not a fit.
What about privacy, tax files, medical records, or exam banks?
We only handle files you send us. We do not keep originals longer than 14 days after delivery, and we do not use files as training data. Please redact sensitive sheets before sending. We will decline tax filings, medical records, and copyrighted books or exam banks.
Who takes the $1 payment?
Checkout is personal, through Gumroad as merchant of record (they handle applicable sales tax / VAT). It is not a company-account checkout yet.