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Roadmap ​

We aim to develop CivicSphere with the objectives framed in documentation. Currently, our roadmap is tailored with our philosophy of inclusion and accessibility in mind.

Enhance Accessibility ​

  • Simplify the onboarding process for end-users by defaults.
  • Ensure WCAG 2.1 AAA compliance by migrating to Fluent UI React from TailwindCSS components for certain elements.
  • Integrate multimedia accessibility services such as image captioning and image summarization for screen reader users.
  • Improve speech-to-text (STT) and text-to-speech (TTS) functionalities to support dialects and voice avatars for customized access.
  • Improve moderation to use semi-automated approach with RBAC for fairness, transparency and accountability to ensure safety of participants.
  • Modularization of the platform to support developing countries, expanding outside NYC and USA.
  • Develop mobile-native application using Expo for faster development

Expand Language Support ​

  • Integrate Crowdin for translation and i18n for right-to-left language with screen reader support, expanding to 20 languages over a span of 6 months.
  • Verify existing translations with the help of community members by using GitHub for coordination.
  • Implement localization (l10n) for interface to support dialects and variants for improved accessibility.

Update chat agent ​

  • Improve grounding of responses by AI agent by updation of knowledge base and extracting localized data for accuracy when using foreign languages.
  • Integrate external services in a modular manner for extraction of context and time sensitive information such as election updates.

Enaction on issues in decentralized manner ​

  • Introduce real-time polling and community gathering orchestration for community-driven decisions
  • Decentralization of platform using ActivityPub for federated access to ensure transparency in operation and orchestration of local political activities.

Improve Platform Performance ​

  • Optimize existing PWA (Progressive Web App) for better offline functionality and caching using custom service workers.
  • Ensure scalability and cost optimization within cloud infrastructure to handle growing traffic efficiently by looking into open-source AI agents and deployment strategies.
  • Implement better analytical and database workload for improving performance.