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Using AI to turn Visual Intelligence into Actionable Evidence and Disclosure
By Sarah Saxton-Jones, Head of Product, Altia
We’re really excited about the latest AI addition to our interoperable platform, Altia HQ. Because it’s part of our platform, you can choose to get the benefit of this new functionality across any module (case management, incident management, field information capture etc) that brings information and intelligence into your HQ customer data store. Afterall, regardless of the type or stage of investigation, all activity is underpinned by rich information and evidence; being able to access, search and sort that information quickly and efficiently is critical.
Making it easy to embed AI-powered insights into your investigation
Modern organisations face increasing volumes of visual and document-based evidence. Whether it’s a criminal, civil or HR investigation, whistle-blower reports or infrastructure incidents and compliance reviews, sifting through photos, documents, and scanned evidence can be time-consuming, costly and error prone.
That’s why we’ve integrated Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services into our platform, to make it easy for you to choose to bring intelligent image, document, and text analysis into the heart of investigation and incident workflows.
Benefits of the new embedded capabilities powered by Microsoft Azure
There are four key benefits of our AI-driven feature.
1. No more endless scrolling through hundreds of images. Find what matters in seconds.
Image tagging with computer vision enables you to instantly identify and tag content in uploaded images and visual evidence. For example:
- Detect people, vehicles, equipment, locations, scenes, and more.
- Add rich metadata for faster search and filtering.
- Surface the right images without manual effort.
2. Handwritten notes become searchable and actionable
AI powered optical character recognition (OCR) enables the extraction of printed or handwritten text from scanned documents, whiteboards, photos, and more:
- Capture names, times, locations, or notes from incident/on-site photos.
- Turn field reports, ID badges, or signage into searchable data.
- Supports multilingual text and complex image layouts.
3. Scanned PDFs become actionable data in moments, not hours
With the Document Intelligence Read Model built into HQ, you can automatically process PDFs and scanned documents as part of your digital evidence.
- Extract structured data from forms, reports, and written submissions.
- Search, sort, and analyse previously static or unstructured files.
4. Enhanced disclosure
By removing human error, you can quickly and efficiently ensure your disclosure is as complete as possible.
- Whether it’s still imagery from CCTV or surveillance, this new AI capability will find all relevant images that might otherwise have been missed.
- Be confident that you have identified every possible image relevant to your case.
Why it matters for your organisation
Whether you’re managing internal investigations, operational incidents, or regulatory responses, these capabilities deliver measurable benefits:
- Faster case resolution by reducing manual document review.
- Improved accuracy by extracting critical but hidden details.
- Operational efficiency through automated tagging and data enrichment.
- Better compliance and governance with searchable, transparent records.
- Scalability and security built on Microsoft’s trusted AI services.
- With no data shared outside of your organisation.
This isn’t just AI for the sake of it, this is intelligence that works within your existing processes, embedded directly into your investigation. Altia HQ makes it easy for you to access the latest technology advancements which have been specifically assessed for their contribution to robust investigative use. Most importantly, you retain control. You have the option of accessing the capability – or not to. You choose your modules and you choose which of the available AI capabilities you want to include.
If you’d like to know more, we’d love to talk.
