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Case Study

Hurix Digital Generates Alt-Text for 18,000 French eBooks for a Leading European Academic Publisher

Client Overview

Our client is a leading European academic publisher, offering the most comprehensive online collection of francophone publications in social sciences and humanities, available in both French and English. To enhance digital accessibility and ensure an inclusive reading experience, they integrated alt text across their platform. By adding alt text to images, graphs, and charts, they made academic content more accessible to visually impaired users, aligning with WCAG guidelines. This implementation improved user engagement, enhanced searchability, and ensured that all readers, regardless of ability, could fully access and comprehend the valuable research materials.

The Challenge

The client faced a significant challenge to comply with the WCAG 2.2 accessibility guidelines:
  • They required comprehensive Alt for images in 600 journals and 18,000 eBooks in French.
  • They needed an efficient method to store and manage these ALT-TEXTs within their existing repository.

Our Solution

Did You Know?

97.4% of homepages have accessibility errors. Missing alt text accounts for 61% of all homepage accessibility errors.

Hurix Digital rose to the challenge with an innovative, AI-driven approach:

1

Leveraging EqualSense

  • Utilizing our proprietary AI-driven product, EqualSense, based on a SaaS model, we generated Alt-Text for images. EqualSense’s advanced language translation capabilities helped create Alt-Text in French.

2

Human-in-the-Loop Approach

  • We implemented a hybrid approach combining AI efficiency with human expertise to ensure high-quality Alt. Our team of experts reviewed and refined the AI-generated ALT-TEXT, ensuring accuracy and relevance.

3

Efficient Workflow and Integration​

  • We developed a seamless process to integrate and persist the generated ALT-TEXTs into the client’s repository to ensure the solution was scalable, cost-effective, and delivered within a tight timeframe.

The Result

Our tailored solution delivered impressive results:

  • Met the stringent WCAG 2.2 guidelines, making the content accessible to all users.
  • Generated and integrated over 18,000 eBooks with Alt-Texts, enhancing the overall content quality.
  • Delivered a cost-effective solution that significantly reduced the timeframe from months to just mere weeks.

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