NAGIX Accessible Documents FAQ

What is NAGIX?

NAGIX is Consist’s advanced solution for making digital documents accessible in compliance with global accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1, PDF/UA). It ensures that digital documents, such as reports, forms, and protocols, can be easily accessed and understood by individuals with disabilities.

Why is document accessibility important?

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.

Who can benefit from using NAGIX?

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.

What types of documents can NAGIX process?
  • NAGIX is perfectly suited for organizations which have large volumes of existing, unaccessible PDFs. It enables to efficiently transform those PDF files into UA-compliant PDFs without re-designing the document. 
  • Alternatively, NAGIX’s system solution enables organizations with large volumes of XML and raw data to design and create UA-compliant PDFs and control the entire design of the documents.
How does NAGIX ensure accessibility compliance?

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.

Does NAGIX support automated processing?

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

Can NAGIX handle complex document layouts?

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

How does the NAGIX technology work?
  • In the initial stage, the organization’s documents are divided into ‘families’.

  • After the initial stage, the NAGIX implementer assigns relevant tags to each and every ‘family’ and uploads a sample of each type of document to the system.
  • The implementer then marks the fields in the master templates for all the organization’s documents, including accessibility tags: Headlines, Paragraphs, Photos, Dates Etc.

  • The AMT files of the parent templates are saved to the NAGIX server.

  • All the organization’s documents which need to be made UA-Compliant go through the NAGIX system, which immediately produces an accessible version of the document. NAGIX easily handles mass volumes of documents – making it suitable for large organizations – banks, financial institutions, telco companies, oil and gas companies and more.

  • The customer which receives the Accessible PDF can listen to the content  using assistive devices.

Can NAGIX handle multilingual documents?

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

What are the main benefit of the solution?
  • 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.
What is OCR, and how does NAGIX use it?
  • 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
How does NAGIX utilize AI for document accessibility?

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

Is NAGIX a proven solution?
  • 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.
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