Practical AI What's up, DocQuery?
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Oct 12, 2022 
Ankur Goyal, Founder and CEO of Impira, dives into the innovative world of DocQuery, an open-source ML model that simplifies the interaction with unstructured data. He discusses the challenges of processing documents like invoices and contracts, showcasing practical applications especially beneficial for non-profits. Ankur elaborates on collaborative efforts with Hugging Face to enhance document comprehension and emphasizes the importance of user feedback in refining document management tools. His insights reveal how advanced querying can revolutionize data handling.
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Impira's Pivot to Documents
- Impira initially focused on image and video analysis.
- Customer interest shifted their focus to documents like invoices.
Limitations of Traditional OCR
- Existing OCR solutions are often difficult and inflexible. Template-based OCR struggles with real-world document variety, while pre-trained models lack user feedback mechanisms.
Customers' Struggles with Textract
- Early Impira customers tried using Textract and building additional models on top.
- This approach proved inefficient and cumbersome, highlighting the need for a better solution.