Product Updates

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa SmartSpeaker. AI instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union. This update includes the expanded voice options, option to highlight both words and phrases during audio playing, customize highlight colors with color contrast preview, automatically scroll your content during audio playback, download an MP3 file of your selected content, and more.

1. Customize Your Listening Experience with Expanded Voice Options

   YuJa SmartSpeaker now offers three additional voice options, giving you a wider selection of voices across different genders and tones, allowing you to choose the one that best suits your listening preferences.

   

2. New Option to Highlight Both Words and Phrases During Audio Playing

   In addition to highlighting individual words, YuJa SmartSpeaker can now highlight both words and phrases during audio playing. Simply enable the adaptive spotlight option in the settings to activate highlighting phrases as YuJa SmartSpeaker reads along.

   

3. Customize Highlight and Font Colors with Color Contrast Previews

   You can now customize the highlight colors for words, phrases, and font colors to match your reading preferences. Additionally, you can preview the color contrast in a sample sentence before playing the audio to ensure readability.

   

4. Auto-Scrolling Content In Sync with Audio Playback for Easy Follow-Along

   YuJa SmartSpeaker now features an auto-scrolling option that automatically scrolls your content in sync with the audio playback, ensuring you can still follow along with the content without the need of manually scrolling through.

   

5. Downloadable Audio Files in MP3 Format for Offline Listening

   You can now download an MP3 file of your selected content from YuJa SmartSpeaker, allowing you to listen offline on your devices and easily share the audio content with others.

   

6. YuJa SmartSpeaker Is Integrated With the Enhanced HTML Document Alternative Format

   If your institution utilizes YuJa SmartSpeaker, it will now be automatically available for you when generating an Enhanced HTML Document from the Alternative Formats menu.

   

7. Directly Use YuJa SmartSpeaker in the LMS Without the Extension Installed

   If Panorama is integrated into your LMS, faculty, and students will no longer need to download the Panorama Browser Extension to use YuJa SmartSpeaker. It will simply be displayed on-screen if it is enabled at the course or institution level.

   

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Structural Remediation Max Add-On Platform instances residing in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia. This release provides updated interface with icons for each content element type, and the option to add alternative text to images during PDF Structural Remediation.

1. Updated Interface with Icons for Each Content Element Type

   We’ve updated the interface to include icons for each content element type, helping you categorize different content elements and visualize the reading structure more clearly.

   

2. Add Alternative Text to Images During PDF Structural Remediation

   You can now add or change the language of the alternative text during the PDF structural remediation. Simply click the Figure tag to edit the alternative text for your image, ensuring comprehensive accessibility improvements for your PDF documents.

   

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa LMS Accessible Design Add-On Platform instances residing in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia. This release provides new option to enable necessary designer elements, specify your preferred image padding, and save your recently selected colors.

1. New Administrator Option to Enable Necessary Designer Elements

   If you’re an administrator, you can customize which LMS Designer elements are available to faculty. Simply access your General Settings and enable the elements your institution requires to structure content more efficiently.

   

2. Specify Your Preferred Image Padding Within the LMS Designer

   Previously, you had to adjust image padding in the HTML code editor after embedding the image. Now, you can simply enter your desired padding during the image embedding Process in the LMS Designer.

   

3. Recently Selected Colors Are Saved in the LMS Designer

   Previously, you had to manually select the color for each design element. Now, you can easily choose from your recent selections in the LMS Designer, allowing you to quickly apply your frequently used colors to different content elements.

   

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Accessibility AutoPilot.AI instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union. This update includes a new wizard to customize the scope of AutoPilot.AI, the option to see a history of past scans, and a new accessibility check to resolve reading order issues.

1. New Wizard to Customize Depth and Scope of Accessibility AutoPilot.AI

   In previous updates, we enhanced Accessibility AutoPilot.AI with the ability to remediate entire courses. We’ve now taken this functionality a step further by introducing a dedicated wizard setup page where administrators and instructors will be able to select specific file types and issues to address before running AutoPilot. Once AutoPilot runs, a real-time view of the issues being resolved will be shown.

   

2. View a History of Courses Accessibility AutoPilot.AI Has Remediated

   Accessibility AutoPilot.AI now features a new History tab, allowing administrators to review all previously remediated courses. This tab provides detailed insights, showing the number of files remediated in each course and offering a comparison between the original and updated scores after remediation.

   

3. New Accessibility Check for Remediating the Reading Order of PDF Documents

   We’ve enhanced Accessibility AutoPilot.AI’s capabilities to remediate the reading order of PDF documents to ensure accessibility tools, such as screen readers, can understand the flow of content.

   

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Website Accessibility Widget instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union. This update includes a redesigned Website Accessibility installation page.

1. Redesigned Website Accessibility Installation Page 

   The Website Accessibility Widget installation page now offers a new visual interface with clearer step-by-step instructions, making it easier for Content Creators to install the widget on their website. We have also included a tutorial video directly on the installation page for those who would like to listen and follow along.