2024:Grooper and AI

Grooper version 2024 is GrooperAI!

Version 2024 contains a slew of features incorporating cutting edge AI technologies into Grooper. That's why we're calling this version GrooperAI. These AI based features accelerate Grooper's design and development. GrooperAI makes deployment easier, gets results with less setup, and incorporates a document search and retrieval mechanism for the first time.

GrooperAI's features include:

• Large Language Model (LLM) based data extraction at scale
• Document assistants allowing users to chat with their documents
• A robust and speedy document search and retrieval mechanism

OpenAI and Azure account setup

For LLM connectivity

GrooperAI can integrate with OpenAI and Microsoft Azure's LLM models to implement various LLM-based functionality. Before you are able to connect Grooper to these resources, you will need accounts setup with these providers. For information on how to set up these accounts/resources, refer to the following links:

OpenAI

• Create an OpenAI account
• Create an OpenAI API key
• OpenAI full documentation

Azure

• Create an Azure account
• Azure Machine Learning overview
• Azure AI model catalog
• Azure AI model documentation

For Azure AI Search connectivity

GrooperAI uses Azure AI Search's API to create a document search and retreival mechanism. For information on how to set up these accounts/resources, refer to the following links:

• Create an Azure account
• Create an AI Search service in the Azure portal
• Azure AI Search full documentation

For Azure OCR connectivity

GrooperAI can implement Azure AI Vision's Read engine for OCR. Read is machine learning based OCR engine used to recognize text from images with superior accuracy. For information on how to set up these accounts/resources, refer to the following links:

• Create an Azure account
• Azure AI Vision overview
• Azure AI Vision full documentation
• Azure OCR (Read) documentation
• Deploy Azure OCR (Read) on prem

Quickstart

In Azure

1. Go to your Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com)
2. Create a Subscription and Resource Group if not done so already.
3. Click the "Create a resource" button
4. Search for "Computer Vision"
5. Find "Computer Vision" in the list click the "Create" button.
6. Follow the prompts to create the Computer Vision resource.
7. Go to the resource.
8. Under "Keys and endpoint", copy the API key.

In Grooper

1. Go to an OCR Profile in Grooper.
2. For the OCR Engine property, select Azure OCR.
3. Paste the API key in the API Key property.
4. Adjust the API Region property to match your Computer Vision resource's Region value
   • You can find this by going to the resource in the Azure portal and inspecting its "Location" value.