Uniweb releases the 'Easy Japanese AI' feature utilizing generative AI.

2024/04/02

Kiva Corporation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Kota Noji, hereinafter referred to as Kiva) announces the release of the 'Easy Japanese AI' feature utilizing generative AI for the web accessibility service ‘Uniweb’.

Uniweb:https://hellouniweb.com

 

◾️ Background of the Release

As of April 1, 2024, the revised Act on the Elimination of Disability Discrimination* mandates that while governmental agencies have obligations and businesses had merely been encouraged to provide reasonable accommodations, the obligation will now also apply to businesses. This not only improves the image of companies and brands but also relates to SDGs and ESG, leading to an increase in companies that are addressing accessibility, with the number of sites implementing Uniweb exceeding 150.

Through accessibility measures, the information on the site has become easier to understand with contrast changes and voice reading features, but to create an even smoother and more user-friendly environment for acquiring information, we have decided to release the 'Easy Japanese AI' function utilizing generative AI, which allows users to quickly understand unknown words and sentences.

We will continue to develop services to make it possible for those who have had difficulty obtaining information from the site to understand correct information.

* Act on the Elimination of Disability Discrimination
A law aimed at promoting the elimination of discrimination based on disability and realizing a society where all citizens coexist while mutually respecting each other's personalities and individualities without discrimination based on the presence or absence of disability.

 

◾️ About the 'Easy Japanese AI' Feature Using Generative AI

By selecting 'Easy Japanese AI' from the accessibility menu and choosing unknown words or difficult sentences, it provides a feature that makes it easy to understand the meanings of words or sentences in just two seconds.

Select the icon at the bottom right.

 

Selecting the icon will display the accessibility menu.
Click on the 'Easy Japanese AI' icon displayed at the bottom of the accessibility menu.

 

③ If you select an unfamiliar word or sentence, its meaning will be displayed in just 2 seconds.

 

For companies already using Uniweb, no special operations or settings are required to use the 'Easy Japanese AI'.

 

◾️What is Web Accessibility?

It is not a special accommodation only for the disabled or elderly, but anyone can be in the same situation as a disabled person.

• Temporary injury or illness (e.g., car accident with arm in cast and unable to use arm, eye disease with eye patch and blindness, etc.)
• Age-related changes
• Age-related vision loss (presbyopia, lens changes (yellowish, dark, blurred vision, etc.))
• Eye diseases common in middle-aged and older adults (cataracts, glaucoma, etc.)
  *About half of the patients in their late 70s have cataracts with yellowing changes.
• Age-related hearing loss
• Foreign travelers (if a foreigner who does not understand Japanese is struck by an earthquake while traveling, can he/she obtain evacuation information, etc.)

Reference: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Accessibility of Websites, etc. Required of Public Organizations
https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000543284.pdf

 

◾️About UniWeb

UniWeb supports web accessibility features "on the day of deployment" by simply adding a single line of code to all web services.

In order to achieve equal website services for all, we want to put users in various situations, such as those with visual impairments or those who temporarily lose the use of their hands due to injury, in a position to understand correct information through various uses such as voice reading and contrast changes.

 

◾️ Kiva Corporation

Representative: Kota Nojiri, President and Representative Director
Location : 3-12-5 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo +SHIFT TSUKIJI 7F
URL :https://kiva.co.jp/
Business :
・Development and operation of the reliable purchase guarantee service 'proteger' (https://hi.helloproteger.com/）
・Development and operation of web accessibility service 'Uniweb' (https://hellouniweb.com）