DocReview
The reviewer’s workbench for technical documents
DocReview reads a Word document from cover to appendix, checks it against the documents it depends on, and leaves a short, ranked set of comments in the file. When the next revision arrives, it tells you what was fixed and what was not. On your own computer, with the AI model you choose.
4.2 Configure the backup server
- Sign in to the console as administrator.
- Set the retention period to 30 days as listed in Table 6.
- Restart the service, then install the agent.
- Verify the job as described in Section 4.5.
The errors that survive a careful read
People are good at judging whether a document makes sense. They are less good at holding four hundred cross-references in their head. DocReview does that part.
References that point nowhere
Sections, tables, figures and documents cited but missing, renumbered or titled differently.
Numbers that disagree
Values, totals and units that differ between the text, the tables and the related documents.
Procedures out of order
Steps that depend on something done later, waits before the action they wait for, actions hidden in notes.
Terms used two ways
Acronyms never defined, names that change mid-document, wording that makes a requirement impossible to test.
Contradictions across documents
Point it at a specification, a previous revision or a spreadsheet, and it reports where they disagree.
Language and layout
Typos, grammar and formatting, kept in their own tier so they never bury the findings that matter.
Same model, better review
You can paste a document into a chat assistant and ask for a review. We measured what you get, on a public draft standard with known problems found by its expert reviewers.
On a local model
A general AI agent running the same private model gave up after six minutes. Six of its eight quotes were not in the document. DocReview found the real defects and anchored every comment to the actual text.
On a cloud model
With the same cloud model, both found about a third of the expert-confirmed defects. DocReview delivered them as about 200 ranked comments inside the Word file, plus checks a chat answer misses, instead of one long report in document order.
Measured, not claimed
Every release is scored against public documents with known answers, next to a plain AI agent and the best human reviewer of the same document. We publish the method with the numbers.
Revision 2 arrives. What changed?
Reviews go round several times. DocReview remembers the last round: it checks every earlier comment against the new revision, reviews only what changed, and carries the open points forward.
Fixed in the new revision, with the quote that shows it. Listed in the record, out of your margin.
Not addressed, or only partly. Carried into the new file as a reply, with the reason.
Problems introduced by the changes, found by reviewing the changed sections.
A comment resolution sheet and review record for every round, ready to file.
Three steps, inside the tools you already use
Add documents
Drop in the Word document to review, plus anything it relies on: specifications, standards, earlier revisions, spreadsheets.
Analyze
DocReview reads every section, checks every reference and cross-checks the related files. Standard or Deep, depending on how thorough you need it.
Review in Word
Open the reviewed .docx. Every comment is anchored to the exact words it is about, with a suggested fix you can accept or dismiss.
Read the important comments first
Every comment carries a tier, so a long review starts with what could cause real trouble.
Wrong values, contradictions, missing steps: things that could lead someone to do the wrong thing.
Ambiguity, inconsistent terms, unclear requirements: things a senior reviewer would ask about.
Spelling, grammar and formatting, grouped so they never crowd out the rest.
Optional improvements that would make the document clearer or faster to use.
Runs on your computer. You choose the AI.
DocReview is a desktop application. Documents stay on your machine; only the text being analyzed goes to the model you select.
Local model
Run an open model on your own hardware. Nothing leaves the building, which suits confidential and regulated work.
Your company's AI service
Point DocReview at the model your organisation already approves, such as a private Azure OpenAI deployment.
Cloud models
Use a commercial model with your own key. Free tiers are supported for trying it out; DocReview warns you that free tiers may train on what you send.
A DocReview that knows your documents
Every organisation writes its own kinds of documents, with its own templates, terms and review rules. We build a private edition of DocReview for yours.
Learn your documents
Under an NDA and your written authorisation, we study the documents you produce and how your reviewers review them.
Build your edition
Your checklists, rules, terminology and templates, measured against a test set made from your own documents with a quality bar your reviewers agree.
Roll it out
Installed on your infrastructure with a model you approve, so nothing leaves your network, and kept current under a support contract.
Your documents are used only for your edition, never for anyone else’s.
Free for individuals and small teams
The full product, free for individuals and organisations of up to 5 people, with every update. Larger organisations need a business licence.
- All features and all updates
- Individuals and organisations of up to 5 people
- Business licences for larger organisations: contact us
- Private editions for organisations: see above
Before you try it
Which documents does it review?
Word documents (.docx, and older .doc files converted on the way in). Spreadsheets, CSV, text, Markdown and PDF can be added as reference material to check against.
Does it change my document?
No. It writes comments into a reviewed copy and leaves your original untouched. Existing comments and tracked changes are preserved.
Which languages does it support?
Comments follow the language of the document. English and Spanish are tested routinely.
Does it replace a human reviewer?
No. It does the exhaustive checking so the reviewer can spend their time on judgement. Every comment is a proposal that a person accepts or dismisses.
What do I need to run it?
A Windows PC, a Mac with Apple silicon or a Linux PC, and access to a language model: a local one on capable hardware, your organisation's service, or a cloud key. Everything else comes with the app; on macOS and Linux, LibreOffice opens Word and Excel files.