Improving Inclusion &
Access to Information
Translate documents from one language to another
& transform documents into Easy Read formats
Document Translation
Simple and easy document translation. Translate documents in up to 75 languages and dialects powered by Amazon Translate.
Simply Readable
Create Easy Read documents quickly. Generate simplified text and images powered by Amazon Bedrock.
Open Source
The app and infrastucture as code is all open source. Free for commercial use, modification, distribution, and private use.
Simple Web Interface
Self serve document transformations with a simple and clean web user interface.
Single Sign On
Integrate with your existing identity provider for user access controls.
Overview
The project delivers a document transformation portal with a web front end and automated workflows for the various features.User authentication is required and handled by AWS Cognito. Cognito can be integrated into various Identity Providers including any that support SAML 2.0 (E.g. Active Directory).
The application is localised into 75 languages and dialects.
Document Translation
This feature is capable of translating all languages supported by the Amazon Translate (75 at the time of writing) and can translate to them all in a single job submission.
Case Study
Swindon Borough Council Slashes Translation Costs by 99.96% Using Amazon Translate
Video
How Swindon Council used machine learning to cut translation costs by 99.6% – AWS Public Sector
Blog Post
Improving inclusion and accessibility through automated document translation with an open source app using Amazon Translate
Simply Readable
This feature is capable of transforming documents into an Easy Read document. Complex text is simplified and images are generated as a visual description of the text using Generative AI powered by Amazon Bedrock.
