Update Accessibility and Translation Settings in DocAccess

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Customers with Agenda Accessibility and Translation powered by DocAccess can configure and manage options for their Public Portal in the DocAccess Control Center. This article will show you how to update the General, Appearance, Domains, Include/Exclude, Behavior, Questions, Assistance, and Translation settings for your Public Portal.

Instructions

  1. Log in to the DocAccess website

  2. Ensure you are viewing the Control Center:

    The Control Center button in the left-side DocAccess navigation menu.

  3. Navigate to the Your Sites section:

    The Your Sites section of an example DocAccess Control Center.

  4. Click the Settings button (gear icon) to the right of your Public Portal domain:

    The Settings button to the right of an example domain.

  5. On the Domain Settings dialog that appears, navigate the Settings tabs to configure and manage options for the Public Portal domain:

    The various tabs available on the Domain Settings modal.

    • General Tab: Displays essential information and available actions for the selected domain:

      The Domain Settings General tab which can be used to view details and available actions for the selected domain.

      • Spider URL: Indicates the domain currently being scanned by DocAccess

      • Rescan Domain: Rescans the domain and imports any newly detected files

      • View Document List: Opens a list of all detected files for that domain

      • Delete Domain: Removes the domain from the DocAccess Control Center

      • Save Changes: Save your general changes

    • Appearance Tab: Customize how DocAccess appears to users when viewing documents:

      The Domain Settings Appearance tab which can be used to customize how DocAccess appears to users when viewing documents.

      • Logo Upload: Upload a logo to display above the file name in the DocAccess Viewer

      • Custom Text: Add optional text below the logo (for example, your organization name or an accessibility message)

      • Accent Color: Change the DocAccess Viewer’s highlight/theme color

      • Save Appearance: Save your appearance changes

    • Domains Tab: Manage aliases for domains where your website is available:

      The Domain Settings Domains tab which can be used to add domain aliases.

      • Add New Alias: Add alternate domains that serve the same content as the primary domain

      • URL Settings: Check the Force WWW prefix checkbox if documents only load correctly when “www” appears before your domain

      • Domain Security: Check the Compromised Domain checkbox to lock down the domain in the event that it is compromised

      • Save Changes (not depicted): Save your domain changes

        Note:

        Use aliases only for domains with identical content.

    • Include/Exclude Tab: Include or exclude specific file paths from DocAccess processing:

      The Domain Settings Include/Exclude tab which can be used to customize included and excluded file paths.

      • Document Files: Filter the files that should be excluded or included by the documents’ file URLs

      • Webpages:  Filter the webpages that should be activated or excluded by the webpage URLs where documents appear

      • Save Changes (not depicted): Save your document file and webpage changes

    • Behavior Tab: Control how documents open and display for visitors on this domain:

      The Domain Settings Behavior tab which can be used to control how documents open and display.

      • Default to accessible transcript view: When enabled, documents will open in the accessible transcript view instead of the print-friendly view

      • Open documents in a new tab: When enabled, document links will open in a new browser tab instead of the lightbox viewer

      • Save Changes: Save your behavior changes

    • Questions Tab: Configure the AI-powered question functionality for documents on this domain:

      The Domain Settings Questions tab which can be used to configure the Ask a Question function.

      • Enable Ask a Question: Enable or disable the “Ask a Question” feature

      • Supplemental Instructions: Add or update the instructions that are added to the AI's system prompt when answering questions about documents on this domain

      • Save Changes: Save your “Ask a Question” changes

    • Assistance Tab: Configure live visual interpreting assistance from Aira for users with disabilities:

      The Domain Settings Assistance tab which can be used to configure Aira live interpreting settings.

      • Enable Live Assistance from Aira: Enable or disable the Live Assistance from Aira function

      • Custom Instructions: Add or update the custom instructions that display in the Live Assistance section; if Aira is disabled and this is blank, the Live Assistance section will be hidden entirely

      • Save Changes: Save your Live Assistance changes

    • Translation Tab: Control multilingual translation options for documents on the selected domain:

      The Domain Settings Translation tab which can be used to manage translation options.

      • Enable Translation: Check this box to allow users to translate documents into other languages using Google Translate in the document viewer

      • Customize Featured Languages: Check this box to override the default featured language list with your own custom selection

      • Save Changes: Save your translation changes

  6. When you are finished with your updates, click Close to exit the Domain Settings dialog

    The gray, oval Close button in the lower-right corner of the Domain Settings dialog.