Photo time clock

A photo shows who clocked in, not just that someone did.

When employees share a tablet or computer to clock in, Clockspot can take a photo at clock-in and clock-out and keep each one with the time entry. It is a record you can look back on later.

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What a photo punch records

Turn it on for a shared tablet, and every clock-in comes with a photo.

Front desk kioskSaved
Take a photo at each punchClock-in and clock-out
Break room kioskOff
Each kiosk is set on its own

Photos are off until you turn them on

Photo capture is a setting on each shared device, so one tablet can take photos while another one does not.

Ana RamosClocking in
Private PIN••••••
Photo taken at the same moment
Clock in

The name and the photo are recorded together

An employee enters their own six-digit PIN and the photo is taken at that same moment, so the two arrive on the entry as one record.

Mon Aug 178h 29m
In7:02 AM
Out3:31 PM
Each photo stays on the punch it came from

See who started the shift and who finished it

Both ends of the shift get their own photo, each one attached to the clock-in or clock-out it came from.

Reviewing the hours

Open a past shift and see who clocked in for it.

The photo is saved on the time entry beside the name the clock-in was entered under, and it stays there. If a shift is ever questioned, you open that entry and the photo is already on it.

Photo on the time entryClock-in and clock-out

Reviewing a pay period

Review only the clock-ins with something missing.

Verification exceptions3
Sergio RomeroNo photo
Esmeralda VargasNo photo
Every other clock-in has its photo

Run a report that lists every clock-in missing a photo

A report called Verification Exceptions collects the clock-ins that arrived without a photo, so you work through a short list instead of every entry in the period.

Photo missingMon 7:02 AM
Reason recorded

The kiosk was not allowed to use its camera.

Clock-in still recorded6:58 AM

A missing photo says why it is missing

Clockspot records whether the camera was unavailable, blocked, or failed, so you can tell a broken tablet from someone avoiding the camera.

Issues in this period
No photo2
No location3
No voice check1
Six clock events to check, out of 214

Photo, location, and voice problems in one list

The same report collects every clock event that came up short on any check you turned on, so there is one list to work through instead of three.

Live photo time clock demo

Clock in on a tablet and see the photo it saves.

Open a sample workspace where photo capture is already switched on, and clock in on the shared tablet the way an employee would.

No login or setup required.

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Verification photo

Hold still to clock in

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Common questions

Answers before you turn the camera on.

  • Off until you enable it
  • No face matching
  • Reasons recorded
Does Clockspot match the photo to the employee?

No. There is no face recognition, no confidence score, and no automatic rejection. Clockspot stores the photo beside the punch and the name it was entered under, and a manager decides whether anything is wrong.

Do all kiosks take photos?

Only the ones you turn it on for. Photo capture is a setting on each kiosk and is off until an Administrator enables it, so one shared tablet can take photos while another does not.

What happens if the camera does not work?

The punch still goes through. Clockspot records that the photo is missing along with the reason, whether the camera was unavailable, blocked by the browser, or the capture or upload failed, and the entry shows up in the Verification Exceptions report.

Where do the photos live?

Each photo is stored with the time entry it belongs to and is visible to Administrators and managers reviewing that entry. Employees see their own time entries; photos are not published anywhere else in the workspace.

Try Clockspot and save a photo with every clock-in.

Switch photo capture on for one shared tablet and clock in a few times. Every entry keeps its own photo, so a shift somebody questions later has an answer attached to it.

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