What problems do users encounter when ‘Comparing Documents’ using AI?
Addressing user challenges in AI Document Comparison? | Article
Solving User Challenges in AI-Driven Document Comparing: Insights from v500 Systems.
We take you behind the scenes of our AI document comparison solutions. Over time, we’ve had insightful conversations with our early adopters, who are professionals relying on our services. We listened closely to their challenges and the questions they raised before choosing our solution. In this article, we aim to provide an unbiased perspective and share how we addressed those challenges head-on, enabling efficient comparison of multiple lengthy documents on a larger scale. Join us as we dive into the details and reveal our approach for achieving remarkable results in document comparison.
How have we tackled those challenges?
When comparing documents using AI solutions, users may encounter several problems. Here are some common challenges:
Accuracy and Reliability:
The accuracy of AI-based document comparison solutions can vary depending on the underlying algorithms and the quality of training data. Users may face issues where the AI fails to identify differences accurately or highlights incorrect changes, leading to unreliable results.
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Show Highlight Feature | Answers Validity | Dual Approach | Targeted Questions | Accurate Responses
At v500 Systems, we address this challenge through a dual approach. Firstly, our document comparison system meticulously analyses documents against the master copy, presenting an overview of changes and assigning a score to each discrepancy. Secondly, our users can generate targeted question templates, allowing our advanced backend systems to leverage numerous algorithms. Our system intelligently selects the most accurate one or two responses from the pool of potential answers. To ensure transparency and facilitate verification, our members can utilise the ‘Show Highlight’ feature, seamlessly navigating to the precise paragraph containing the highlighted information and confirming the answer’s validity.
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Handling complex document formats:
AI solutions may struggle with complex document formats, such as scanned documents, handwritten text, or documents with complex tables, graphs, or images. Extracting and comparing information from such documents accurately can be challenging for AI algorithms.
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Law Firm | Scanned Documents | Optical Character Recognition (OCR) | Handwritten Text | Digital Format
During our collaboration with a mid-sized law firm, we gained firsthand experience of the challenges involved. A significant realisation was that lawyers extensively dealt with scanned documents, necessitating reliable Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to extract vital information. Complicating matters further, these documents were in the Polish language, which introduced the need to develop our own OCR solution capable of accurately handling the unique Polish characters, such as Ą, Ć, Ę, Ł, Ń, Ó, Ś, Ź, and Ż. Additionally, we encountered limitations with existing OCR tools like AWS, which supported only six languages. As our client base expands across various languages, we recognise the importance of developing dedicated OCR systems, requiring approximately one week per language. While we have successfully extracted handwritten text and managed table information without issues, challenges may arise when dealing with PowerPoint presentations. Graphs within presentations serve a visual aid purpose, often accompanied by spoken explanations, making contextual understanding challenging for AI. However, if speaker notes are available within the PowerPoint (PPT) files, the system can process them effectively. While our current focus primarily revolves around text documents, we will develop tailored solutions if the need arises to handle images.
Within our aiMDC, when users upload documents for processing, we offer two options: Scanned Documents and Digital Format. In the case of scanned documents, our system utilises Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to extract the underlying text and make it accessible. Conversely, no OCR is required for documents already in a digital format as the text is readily available for analysis and processing. This flexibility ensures efficient handling of various document types to cater to our users’ needs.
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Language and Translation issues:
AI solutions may face difficulties when comparing documents in different languages or when translating text from one language to another. Inaccurate translations or failure to understand contextual nuances can lead to errors in document comparison.
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NLP Comprehension | Independent Translation Engines | Domain Specialisation | Confidence Rating | Training and Data Quality
This topic holds significant importance within the broader scope of AI and NLP comprehension, warranting a comprehensive approach to translation. To ensure accurate information translation, we have developed three independent translation engines. We meticulously consider each word’s ‘confidence rating’ to guarantee precise understanding. We prioritise training and data quality, language proficiency, context awareness, and domain specialisation (e.g., legal, finance, aviation, and healthcare). Real-time adaptation and continuous improvement through user feedback play integral roles in refining our translation capabilities. Additionally, sentiment analysis is crucial in comprehending the text, encompassing idiomatic phrases, sarcasm, and cultural variations.
While AI can operate in native languages, we have adopted the stance that, in most cases, AI models are primarily trained in English. To deliver the utmost accuracy in extracting insightful information for our members, we prefer working in English. Consequently, we automatically translate them to English upon document upload for further processing.
Lastly, translation is closely intertwined with Optical Character Recognition (OCR). For an optimal translation outcome, it is imperative that OCR accurately extracts all letters, including special characters specific to particular languages. Failure to do so compromises the quality of the translation—an invaluable lesson we have learned from past experiences.
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Sensitivity to document Structure and formatting:
AI models may be sensitive to document structure or formatting changes, causing discrepancies in the comparison results. Even minor changes like font styles, line spacing, or indentation can affect the accuracy of document comparison.
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Paragraph Structure | AI and NLP Comprehension | Consistent Experience | Valuable Insights | Accurate Decisions
At v500 Systems, we have not encountered any challenges in this aspect. However, when implementing Optical Character Recognition (OCR), we prioritise preserving the original paragraph structure for visual and aesthetic reasons. This allows our members to view the documents in a familiar format, ensuring a consistent experience.
Our approach emphasises the importance of AI and NLP comprehending the information within the documents to make accurate decisions and unlock valuable insights for our members. The document’s length, 63 or 108 pages, is not the primary concern. What truly matters is the information contained within them. We can retrieve comprehensive answers and facilitate efficient information retrieval by utilising direct questioning techniques.
Our system operates within the AWS cloud, ensuring platform independence and providing secure access through a secure connection.
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Processing large volumes of data:
Comparing a large number of documents can be computationally intensive and time-consuming. Users may encounter performance issues or delays when dealing with large document sets, especially if the AI solution is not optimised for handling such volumes efficiently.
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Document Comparison | Design | Scalability | Efficiency | Processing Stage
Indeed, this can pose a potential challenge. However, we have proactively addressed this issue during the foundational stages of our design. While we cannot provide specific comments about our competitors, we focus on optimising efficiency.
When a member uploads a document set, we have streamlined the process to handle the bulk of the workload upfront. The documents undergo a series of functions akin to a conveyor belt in a factory. These functions include Optical Character Recognition (OCR), translation, and more. The processing stage for a 100-page document set typically takes 2-3 minutes, after which the documents are marked as ‘Done’.
Users can select a set of ready documents with multiple files (100+) for the Document Comparison process. They can specify a template with predefined questions; our system provides real-time answers to these queries. To ensure optimal readability, we have designed the system to display solutions sequentially, with a one-second interval between each answer. Additionally, our system is built to scale efficiently in response to high-volume demands. Leveraging the AWS cloud, we can automatically add GPU servers to our infrastructure to handle increased information processing loads effectively.
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Privacy and Security concerns:
AI solutions that involve document comparison may require uploading sensitive or confidential documents to a third-party service or cloud platform. This can raise privacy and security concerns, mainly if the documents contain sensitive information that users hesitate to share.
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Security is Paramount | Isolated Infrastructure | PCI DSS Standards | Confidential Documents | Trust and Ethics
We prioritise the utmost importance of addressing security concerns, recognising their paramount significance. From the inception of our infrastructure, we have meticulously designed the security of our isolated and segregated AWS environment, ensuring it is not an afterthought. We align with PCI DSS standards, understanding the need for confidentiality when our members work with sensitive documents. At v500 Systems, we maintain strict practices to ensure that we do not have access to any member documents. Our AI engines and algorithms are utilised solely within a dedicated and secure AWS infrastructure, NOT using third-party solutions such as Chat GPT. As an ethical company, we deeply value the trust placed in us by our members.
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Lack of interpretability:
AI models used for document comparison often operate as black boxes, making it challenging for users to understand how the AI arrived at its results. A lack of interpretability can make it difficult to verify the accuracy of the comparison or identify potential biases or errors in the AI’s decisions.
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Show Highlight Feature | Swift Verification | Multiple Pages | Closed Environment | Meticulously Designed Systems
After careful consideration, we have recognised the need for cautiousness when trusting AI. With this principle in mind, we have meticulously designed all our systems. In Document Comparing, we have implemented a crucial feature called ‘Show Highlight.’ This feature allows our members to swiftly verify the source of the answer, including the specific paragraph and its corresponding response. This functionality proves invaluable when dealing with queries such as, “What are the risks to the landlord in the lease agreement?” As answers might span multiple pages, the ‘Show Highlight’ feature enables quick verification. Moreover, our closed environment ensures that members exclusively work with their trusted documents, eliminating the presence of any spurious external input.
Enhancing Trust and Verification: Introducing ‘Show Highlight’ in Document Comparing
Cost considerations:
Depending on the complexity of the document comparison task and the AI solution being used, there may be costs associated with licensing, usage, or accessing certain features or functionalities. Users should consider the cost implications before adopting an AI-based document comparison solution.
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Cost is a significant consideration for AI solutions, primarily due to the resource-intensive nature of GPU-driven processes. While many of our competitors target mid-sized and large enterprises, we have focused on forward-thinking professionals and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) seeking advanced AI services such as Document Comparison and Intelligent Cognitive Search. We aim to help them enhance efficiency, save up to 90% of their time, and streamline operations by addressing their document backlog. To make AI accessible to this ambitious sector, we offer AI Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions on a subscription basis, starting at $20 per month, with additional usage costs applicable to “heavy users” processing thousands of documents monthly.
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These are some of the problems that users may encounter when comparing documents using AI solutions. It’s important to carefully evaluate and test different solutions to ensure they meet the specific requirements and address the challenges relevant to the user’s use case.
AI Solutions | SaaS | Professionals | SMBs | Document Comparison | Intelligent Cognitive Search | Efficiency | Time-Savings | Augment Operations | Clear Document Backlog | AI SaaS Solutions | Subscription Based | Usage Costs | Ambitious Sector | Forward-Thinking Professionals | Automation
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