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Document Question Answering

Some work is fundamentally 'find the answer in this pile of documents': which of these contracts has an unusual termination clause, what did the report say about that site, which specification covers this component.

Done well, document question answering does not replace the reading. It tells you which documents and which passages to read, which is where nearly all the time goes.

What it handles

Citations are not optional

For anything consequential, an answer you cannot trace is not usable. Every answer points back at the passage it came from, so verification takes seconds rather than requiring trust.

What it costs

Custom software from A$1,500. Scanned documents needing OCR add preparation work, which we will scope once we have seen a representative sample.

Common questions

Can it read scanned documents?

Yes, with OCR first. Quality of the scan drives quality of the answer, so a sample tells us a lot before we quote.

Is this legal or professional advice?

No. It finds and summarises what your documents say. The judgement remains with the professional, and we design it to support that rather than replace it.

How many documents can it handle?

Thousands. Volume affects indexing cost more than answer quality.

Talk it through first

Tell us what you are trying to do. If something off the shelf already does it, or the job is smaller than you think, we will say so.

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