Uniweb starts offering a proper noun registration feature for accessibility menus.

2024/02/15

Kiva Corporation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Kota Nojiri, hereafter referred to as Kiva) provides the web accessibility service 'Uniweb' ( https://hellouniweb.com/ We have launched a proper noun registration feature to prevent misreading in the screen reader (text-to-speech function).

 

◾️About the Proper Noun Registration Function

Since the release of the web accessibility service 'Uniweb' in December 2023, it has been implemented on over 100 sites within a month. Among them, there were instances where the screen reader (text-to-speech feature) mispronounced brand names.

Therefore, we released a feature that allows the registration of proper nouns to prevent misreading. We will continue to strive for a service that is user-friendly for everyone and work towards the development and improvement of our services.

 

◾️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）