Product Updates

Over the next few weeks, the YuJa Lumina Video Platform will be rolling out several new updates, including a brand new Video Editor, a deeper integration with YuJa Panorama, additional languages for auto-captioning, and several UI enhancements.

1. An Upgraded Video Editor for Smoother, Easier Editing and All Your Video Accessibility Needs

   YuJa Lumina’s Video Editor has received a major upgrade with a brand-new design that incorporates improved video editing and video accessibility workflows, all in one consolidated and intuitive interface. Key features include:

   • Simple editing mode: Users can access basic video and audio editing tools to split, trim, annotate, add, and remove clips, allowing them to make quick and easy edits for day-to-day editing needs. Users can also edit captions for their videos.

     

   • Advanced editing mode: On top of all the features available in Simple mode, users can use the Video Editor’s extended list of features in Advanced mode, including adding text overlays, watermarks, backgrounds, slideshows, and blurs to their video. They can also leverage advanced AI-engines to automatically generate chapters/indexes while still maintaining full control over manual edits.

     

   • Automatic transcript updates: When the video is exported, users have the option to automatically update the video transcript with their new chapters.

     

   • Version history: Users can easily revert their actions and return to previous versions of their project, ensuring that each action is properly saved for potential restoration.

     

2. Reach Compliance Faster at No Cost with YuJa Panorama’s Document Remediation in Your Media Library

   Administrators can now enable YuJa Panorama’s Accessibility Report for up to 10 documents uploaded in their YuJa Lumina Media Library for free, helping them reach the accessibility compliance initiatives of their institution, regardless of whether it is video-based or document-based content. For institutions that have YuJa Panorama, usage will be tied to their credit limit in YuJa Panorama, and they will also be able to leverage automation to fulfill and enhance their remediation workflows using YuJa AutoPilot and YuJa Structural Remediation.

   

3. Support More Audiences with New Hawaiian Caption Generation for Your Videos

   YuJa Lumina can now generate video captions in Hawaiian, helping users from diverse backgrounds better understand their video-based content while meeting accessibility needs.

   

4. Enhanced Gradebook Sharing Enables Access to Video Quiz Results for Both Unenrolled and Enrolled Students

   With YuJa Lumina’s new and improved gradebook structure, users can now easily access the results of video quizzes that are shared with them from courses that they are not enrolled in, saving instructors time and effort from needing to manually add users to those courses.

   

5. Upgraded Notifications Panel Helps You Keep Up with All Your Upcoming Events

   Notifications in YuJa Lumina have been organized into a neater, more modernized layout. With embedded redirect links, you can check out your upcoming video quizzes, course enrollments, and live streams right away from the notifications panel.

   

6. Enhanced Menu Designs Provide a More Consistent User Experience

   Multiple menu interfaces throughout YuJa Lumina have been upgraded to a sleek, modern design, including:

   • Media Library secondary menu bar: The secondary menu bar in the Media Library has been upgraded with a set of new icons, helping users navigate their library, upload new content, and conduct bulk actions with ease.

     

   • My Account menu: The My Account menu design has been modernized with a new look, introducing a more streamlined design for users accessing their configurations.

     

Over the next few weeks, speech enhancement will be introduced to the YuJa GenAI PowerPack, enabling users to generate clear, crisp audio that emphasizes speech and reduces background noise for their video and audio content.

1. Advanced Speech Enhancement Reduces Background Noise and Improves Voice Clarity in Video and Audio Content

   The YuJa GenAI PowerPack is introducing AI Speech Enhancement for all video and audio content in your Media Library, helping you reduce noise clutter and better understand spoken content in clips with loud background music or sound effects. Generate a clearer audio track for your media content with one click and replace your original audio track, all from the Media Details panel.

   

Over the next few weeks, the YuJa EqualGround Accessibility Governance Platform is rolling out a major wave of updates, including a reimagined reporting experience, a brand new Quick Wins dashboard, expanded CMS remediation support, bulk AutoPilot remediation, and much more.

1. Automatic Write Back Functionality Eliminates Repetitive Manual Workflows for Your CMS and Google Workspace Integrations

   You can now fix a range of accessibility issues in the pages and documents hosted in Cascade CMS, Google Workspace, SharePoint, and WordPress, all without leaving the YuJa EqualGround interface.

   

   Key features include:

   • Automatic CMS write back for your documents: Any changes made to documents embedded in your CMS or Google Workspace using the Accessibility Report in YuJa EqualGround will be automatically applied to your original source file, eliminating the need for any manual reuploads.

   • Automatically apply changes to your CMS pages: Any structural and HTML changes made to your page in YuJa EqualGround will be automatically reflected in your CMS so you don’t have to copy and paste any code changes. You can also see how your changes affect the accessibility score of the page in real time using the Rescan button.

2. Instantly Improve Site-Wide Accessibility Using Targeted Quick Wins

   YuJa EqualGround is introducing the Quick Wins Dashboard, which allows users to immediately identify the biggest accessibility barriers on their websites and fix issues across their web assets.

   

   From the dashboard, users can:

   • Start remediating with Guided Fixes: Users can copy and paste YuJa EqualGround’s suggested fixes for each issue and see details like the total number of affected pages and the violated WCAG criteria.

   • Verify that changes are live: The dashboard allows users to quickly rescan all pages affected by the issue to see if the change has been applied.

   • See all Quick Wins: The dashboard will show up to the top 100 most impactful Quick Wins. To see more, users can click a button to be directed to all Quick Wins.

3. Automatically Remediate Documents at Once with Bulk AutoPilot

   Institutions can now automate multiple document remediations across websites, SharePoint sites, and DocHub libraries in a single batch using Bulk AutoPilot. Users can remediate the whole site/library, individual pages/folders, and choose the type of issue that they want to target, having full control over their AutoPilot remediation workflows.

   

4. Get Better Insights from an Upgraded Reporting Interface, Now with AI-Powered Analysis

   YuJa EqualGround’s reports have been redesigned across all five report types: Accessibility, SEO, Performance, Usability, and Document for a cleaner, more consistent and practical user experience. Each report now contains:

   • Historical trends: Users can see the historical trends of their compliance level via score and via issues in visual graphs, allowing them to easily curate their compliance strategy.

     

   • Issues breakdown: Organized in a neat table view, YuJa EqualGround shows the issue type, the severity level, the conformance level, and a short description of each issue identified on the user’s web assets, allowing users to identify major barriers instantly.

     

   • AI-powered summary: A brand new AI Summary tab will automatically analyze and explain the overall accessibility health of the user’s website, highlighting the higher priority issues to address so users spend less time interpreting data and more time acting on it.

     

5. New Integration with ScholarWorks Empowers Accessibility Remediation for Academic Documents

   Institutions can now connect YuJa EqualGround with ScholarWorks via API to scan academic papers, theses, and other scholarly content in their academic repository. Setup takes minutes, and newly found documents show up right in the Documents tab, ready for remediation.

   

6. Remediate Assets Faster with AI Content Generation, Now in the Browser Extension, WordPress, and Drupal

   AI-powered content-generation support has been extended to the YuJa EqualGround browser extension, WordPress, and Drupal, helping users improve the accessibility of their site by automatically adding descriptions like alt text and ARIA labels on the spot.

   

7. Upgraded Performance Report Facilitates a Painless and Transparent User Experience For All Audiences

   The Performance Report in YuJa EqualGround has been expanded to provide more context, usability, and guidance for users to improve their website. The report now includes:

   • New support for mobile performance: Users can now see advanced performance metric scores and diagnostic statistics for both desktop and mobile experiences. With this addition, users can ensure that their website can be easily accessed by a broader selection of audiences using diverse platforms.

     

   • Clear breakdowns of your performance score: Users can now view a color-coded visualization of their performance score and an exact breakdown of how their score is calculated using various metrics in order to make targeted improvements.

     

8. A Smoother, Easier Workflow to Add and Configure Your Web Assets

   A redesigned layout will be added to the Configuration tab, making website settings easier to locate, navigate, and adjust. The workflow for adding new websites in YuJa EqualGround has also been upgraded to introduce additional clarity into setting up configurations such as required log in credentials, accessibility conformance levels, and IP address requests.

   

9. Track Both Accessibility Compliance and Engagement in One Centralized Location While Remediating Your Page

   Users can now easily track heatmap statistics and review how external users are engaging with their website directly in the Issues Panel. Users can now also add heatmap tracking to their page from this workflow, eliminating the need to configure any scripts.

   

10. A Simplified View for All WCAG Accessibility Standards

    All WCAG issues (Levels A, AA, and AAA) are now displayed together in a single view in the Issues Panel with badges for each issue type to indicate the severity level. With a single percentage denoting their accessibility compliance, users have a clearer understanding of where their website stands, and barriers that they should target first.

    

11. Export Accessibility Reports in Excel Format for Cross-Platform Analysis

    Accessibility Reports can now be exported directly to a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, making it easy to share clear, readable findings with colleagues who have both technical and non-technical skills. Exports are available at the organization and website level, and provide quick summaries, issue, and score breakdowns for your assets.

    

    The report contains the following tabs:

    • Accessibility report summary: Users can view their organization’s accessibility statistics, including the total number of issues ranked by severity and a suggested workflow for remediation.

    • Issue breakdown: Users can view a breakdown of all issues found on a website that require remediation, including their severity level, type, description, associated WCAG principle, and the number of occurrences.

    • Score breakdown: Users can track the historical trend of their website’s accessibility score over the specified number of previous months.

    • Issues count: Users can track the total number of accessibility issues identified each month over the last few months.

12. Scan and Remediate Documents from External Subdomains Using an Improved Document Discovery Workflow

    YuJa EqualGround can now discover and scan documents hosted on related subdomains and entry points when documents are hosted outside of the primary website, so institutions get a complete, accurate picture of their accessibility progress and ensure that all of their documents are remediated.

    

13. Find and Fix Unclear Link Text in One Click

    Undescriptive links flagged by the YuJa EqualGround SEO Report are now clickable, directing users to the target landing page immediately so users can quickly add an effective description to remediate the issue without needing to search their codebase.

    

We are excited to introduce the new YuJa CivicGuard Document Remediation Platform. Designed specifically for state and local governments, YuJa CivicGuard offers a streamlined approach to remediating document libraries and content repositories using AI, fully human, and AI + human workflows.

1. Streamline Your Document Remediation Workflows with YuJa CivicGuard

   YuJa CivicGuard enhances efficiency by centralizing access to vital platform tools, creating a more intuitive document remediation experience. Users can manage files effortlessly through a drag-and-drop upload interface and view the accessibility scores of recently handled documents at a glance. YuJa CivicGuard also features shortcuts to DocHub and the Workflow Orchestration App, improving overall workflow efficiency and access to essential platform tools.

   

2. Leverage DocHub to Help Bring Your Content to Compliance

   YuJa CivicGuard’s DocHub interface functions as a centralized accessibility hub that enables its users to perform inline fixes with guided remediation workflows. Users can select the most appropriate remediation method for their specific documents, including AI-automated, fully human, or combined AI + human workflows. The interface also provides intuitive folder structures for organization and powerful filtering capabilities, in addition to complete remediation support that streamlines document library compliance.

   

3. Centralize Accessibility Project Management with the Workflow Orchestration App

   Eliminate the need for a separate accessibility project management system with YuJa Workflow Orchestration. The app centralizes accessibility remediation projects and tasks in one user-friendly interface to give teams complete visibility into compliance progress. Set up dedicated accessibility improvement projects for different teams, campaigns, or initiatives within an organization to create a structured approach to remediation.

   

4. Elevate Video Accessibility Using the Video Compliance Player

   YuJa CivicGuard’s new Video Compliance Player empowers users to enhance video assets through a comprehensive suite of accessibility tools, including video chaptering, captioning, and enhanced audio descriptions. These features work together to help create an inclusive and accessible experience for every viewer. This feature appears in a dedicated Video Compliance tab in the sidebar, seamlessly integrating into YuJa CivicGuard’s workflows. Users receive 5 hours of complimentary credits each month, with additional credits available for purchase.

   

5. Leverage the DocHub Report to Gain Accessibility Insights on Your Assets

   The DocHub Report provides critical insights by providing the overall accessibility score of a user’s asset library alongside granular accessibility score breakdowns for individual file formats. This data allows users to monitor progress and pinpoint the file types that require the most remediation. The report also provides a customizable date filter that enables users to refine their report scope, ensuring they can access the precise information they need.

   

In the coming weeks, the YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform will release a new DocHub Report, optimized workflows for issue remediation in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, the ability to exclude terms from LMS Reports, and additional enhancements that simplify the management of LMS accessibility.

1. Leverage the New DocHub Report to Gain Accessibility Insights on Your DocHub Files

   YuJa Panorama will now generate a new DocHub Report that details the overall accessibility score of a user’s DocHub library and their most popular downloads. The report provides date and account filters, allowing users to narrow the report scope to reflect the information they need most. Admins can also view each user’s DocHub usage within the report to help get a sense of storage usage across their organization.

   

2. View How Your Institution’s Accessibility Is Improving, Directly From Your Inbox

   Users can now sign up to receive periodic emails summarizing all the YuJa Panorama Reports they’ve exported in a given period, removing the need to navigate between multiple emails. Users can choose to receive emails automatically on a recurring schedule:

   • Daily: A default RTMP stream session is now automatically added in YuJa Lumina when an institution has no existing streams, allowing instructors to start a session directly without needing to create a new stream.

   • Weekly: An email will be sent every Monday, covering the exported reports from the start of the month to the current day.

   • Monthly: An email will be sent on the first day of the month, covering the exported reports from the previous month.



3. Optimize Issue Remediation in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and LMS WYSIWYG Editors Using the Redesigned Accessibility Report

   The Microsoft Office 365 Add-in and LMS WYSIWYG Editor will update their Accessibility Report to feature a streamlined interface that offers intuitive access to essential remediation workflows, such as guided remediation with suggestions and AI-powered YuJa AutoPilot suggestions. With its sleek new interface, the Accessibility Report helps users quickly identify and prioritize the most critical accessibility issues within their documents.

   

4. Ensure Your Institution’s Accessibility Score Is Up-to-Date by Excluding Previous and Prospective Terms from Scans

   Administrators can now choose to omit previous and future terms from their scope settings to prevent courses in these terms from impacting the overall accessibility score of the institution. By excluding specific terms, administrators can ensure that their accessibility scores accurately reflect the current state of their institutions’ LMS content.

   

5. Track Accessibility Improvements Through a Document’s Complete Version History

   Users will now retain full access to their document’s version history, even after reprocessing a course, allowing them to track historic changes in document accessibility and restore previous versions. In the Version History panel, users will see their most up-to-date document marked as “Current” and previous versions included in prior course processing marked as “Archived” with precise timestamps to help identify the version.

   

6. Improve the Alignment of YuJa Panorama’s Issue Flags with Your Institution’s Compliance Goals

   When an institution configures its Scoring Model, users will now be able to select what standards the platform should use to run accessibility checks. For institutions focusing on achieving WCAG compliance, this breakdown will help clearly delineate which issue flags should be prioritized. This breakdown can also be used to create customized issue severity levels that more accurately reflect an institution’s accessibility goals.

   Institutions will be able to choose from the following three standards:

   • Essential: Includes checks that only align with WCAG guidelines.

   • Recommended: Includes all checks that align with WCAG guidelines and core accessibility best practices.

   • Comprehensive: Includes all checks that align with WCAG guidelines and all accessibility best practices.