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Ally 1.42.1 | Release to production 1 May 2020

Updated features

Ally 1.42.1 bug fixes and improvements

  • Added the institution name to the file name for the institutional report CSV export and the usage report export 
  • Added a more meaningful error message when an audio alternative format can’t be generated because the original document is longer than 100,000 characters 
  • The usage report export is now supported on older versions of Excel as well 
  • Fixed a bug in the Accessibility Score overview graph in the institutional report that caused time periods without any associated data to show as a 0% score 

Ally 1.39.2 | Release to production 4 March 2020

Updated features

Ally 1.39.2 bug fixes and improvements

  • Fixed a bug that would occasionally cause the Accessibility score chart in the institutional accessibility report to not load correctly due to a race condition in loading the Ally UI assets.

Ally 1.39.1 | Release to production 2 March 2020

Updated features

Electronic Braille Configuration

The Braille code used for a particular language can now be configured at the institutional level. For example, this means that the Braille code used for English can be mapped to either Unified English Braille contracted (grade 2) or uncontracted (grade 1).

Electronic Braille configuration changes can be requested through a Behind The Blackboard support ticket.

Ally 1.39.1 bug fixes and improvements

  • The Translated Version alternative format for the Ally for WCM and Ally for Websites integrations now opens immediately in the browser instead of being downloaded.
  • Fixed a bug that would occasionally cause the Tagged PDF alternative format to be downloaded using the wrong mime type.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Ally for Websites alternative formats to be blank for web pages that require the “Accept-Encoding” header.