NAGIX Accessible Documents FAQ

NAGIX is Consist’s suite of solutions for making digital documents accessible. It addresses two distinct needs: NAGIX DS automatically converts large volumes of documents produced from recurring templates, such as statements and customer communications, into accessible PDFs. NAGIX AI uses AI to make individual, complex or one-of-a-kind documents, such as reports, forms and meeting minutes, accessible. Together, they help organizations make their documents usable by people with disabilities and meet applicable accessibility requirements, including PDF/UA and WCAG 2.1.

Document accessibility is crucial for ensuring equal access to information for individuals with disabilities. It also helps organizations comply with legal requirements, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the European Accessibility Act, and promotes inclusivity.

NAGIX is designed for organizations across all sectors, including finance, healthcare, education, and government, seeking to make their customer communications and internal documents accessible and compliant.

• NAGIX AI is suited to organizations with individual, complex or one-of-a-kind PDFs that need to be made accessible. It uses AI to transform existing documents into accessible PDFs while preserving their original design.
• NAGIX DS is designed for organizations that produce large volumes of documents from recurring templates. It can make existing PDFs accessible at scale or generate accessible PDFs from XML and other raw data, giving organizations control over the document design.
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NAGIX leverages advanced tools and methodologies to analyze, tag, and reformat documents according to accessibility standards like WCAG 2.1 and PDF/UA. This includes adding semantic structure, alternative text for images, and navigation aids.

Yes! NAGIX offers automation features that allow large-scale document accessibility processing, ensuring efficiency and scalability for organizations managing high document volumes.

Absolutely. NAGIX is equipped to handle complex layouts, including tables, charts, and forms, ensuring they are correctly interpreted by assistive technologies.

• NAGIX offers two approaches, depending on the type and volume of documents an organization needs to make accessible:

  • NAGIX DS — for documents produced at scale: Documents that share a recurring structure are grouped into “families.” A NAGIX implementer configures a master template for each family, identifying its content fields and assigning accessibility tags to elements such as headings, paragraphs, images, dates and tables. Once configured, the system can automatically process large volumes of documents from that family and produce accessible PDFs. NAGIX DS can also generate accessible documents from XML and other structured data.
  • NAGIX AI — for individual or complex documents: An existing PDF is uploaded to the system. NAGIX AI analyzes its content and structure, identifies elements such as headings, paragraphs, images and tables, and uses that information to create an accessible PDF. This approach is suited to documents that do not follow a recurring template.

  The resulting PDFs are designed to work with assistive technologies, including screen readers, so people with disabilities can navigate and understand their content.

Yes, NAGIX supports accessibility for documents in multiple languages, ensuring global reach and inclusivity.

• Meet legal requirements
• Avoid potential law suits and penalties
• Improve inclusivity and customer satisfaction
• Streamlines document accessibility processes
• Reduces manual labor and associated costs
• Efficient and cost-effective accessibility for: customer forms, financial reports, academic documents, government protocols and more.

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology that converts scanned images, PDFs, and other non-editable formats into editable and searchable text.
• NAGIX leverages advanced OCR to recognize and convert images such images, logos, etc, into UA-compliant accessible tags

NAGIX’s AI integrates with advanced image recognition algorithms to interpret complex visual elements. For example, it can recognize charts, graphs, and infographics, and generate concise, descriptive alt-text to convey the visual content effectively to users with visual impairments

• Absolutely. NAGIX is a proven system implemented in leading organizations, such as major banks, investment firms, credit card companies, telecommunication companies, gas companies, retail chains, cable companies, academic institutions and others.
• NAGIX transforms millions of documents into accessible PDFs on a daily basis.