From 42b8c12bf981848b0c108eb5b57f43f26bcec3bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Converse Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:03:29 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] docs: rewrite the landing page for a city-clerk audience Replace the jargon-wall "Current State" feature dump and the abstract "keeps humans responsible" headline with benefit-led, plain-English copy aimed at a city clerk: what it does for their office, what they can count on, and an honest "what it won't do" boundary. Keeps the honest version candor (v0.4.0 early release, not certified compliance) and all gates (verify-docs, version surface) green. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 --- docs/index.html | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html index d10e629..f9f0b37 100644 --- a/docs/index.html +++ b/docs/index.html @@ -19,24 +19,29 @@

CivicSuite / CivicAccess

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Accessibility support that keeps humans responsible.

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CivicAccess is the accessibility, plain-language, multilingual, and ADA Title II review-support module for CivicSuite.

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Public notices everyone can read — and you can stand behind.

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CivicAccess helps your office catch accessibility problems before a notice goes out, trade jargon for plain language, draft other-language versions for review, and keep a clean, exportable record of every check. So when a resident — or an auditor — asks, you can show your work in seconds.

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Current State

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The package contains deterministic accessibility review support, CivicCore v1.2.0 release-wheel alignment, readiness gates, database-backed review records that default to the shared CivicCore PostgreSQL (with a SQLite dev fallback), accessible form planning, accessible publishing workflow checks, plain-language rewrite, multilingual draft variants, ADA Title II review-support packages, tagged-PDF expectations, records-ready export checklists, a stateless public accessibility checker, and a token-guarded staff persistence/export surface with persisted audit events. The previous v1.0.0 release was published in error and is superseded by this honest sub-1.0.0 label.

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CivicAccess does not provide legal advice, certified ADA compliance, official translation certification, live LLM calls, or final publication approval.

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What it does for your office

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Paste in a draft notice and CivicAccess checks it for the things that actually trip up readers — a missing title, an image with no description, wording that’s too dense — and hands back specific fixes, each tied to the accessibility standard behind it. It rewrites stiff municipal language into words residents use, prepares draft translations for a qualified reviewer to approve, spells out what an accessible form or tagged PDF needs, and walks an ADA Title II review step by step.

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Every saved review and export lands in your CivicSuite records with a time-stamped note of who did what. A public-records request or an accessibility complaint becomes a quick lookup instead of a scramble through old email.

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Product Promise

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What you can count on

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  • Surface actionable accessibility fixes with WCAG references.
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  • Rewrite municipal jargon into plainer public language.
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  • Mark multilingual variants for human review before publication.
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  • Support ADA Title II review workflows without claiming certification.
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  • Preserve source/rewrite provenance for records requests.
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  • Clear fixes, not vague warnings. Each issue comes with the exact change to make and the standard it meets.
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  • Plain language. Turns “remit payment prior to the deadline” into “pay before the deadline.”
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  • Translations marked as drafts. Ready for a human reviewer — never sent out as official on their own.
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  • ADA Title II review support that guides the work without pretending to be certification.
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  • A complete paper trail. Every review is saved and exportable, ready for the next records request.
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What it won’t do

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CivicAccess is a tool for your staff, not a rubber stamp. It doesn’t give legal advice, certify ADA compliance, or issue official translations, and it never publishes anything on its own — you and your ADA coordinator always make the final call.

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We version honestly: this is v0.4.0, an early release we stand behind for evaluation and pilots — not a finished 1.0, and not a compliance guarantee.

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