Our PDF remediation services ensure your documents meet the highest accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.2 AA and PDF/UA standards. Once we deliver your PDF files, you will have 10/10 fully accessible documents.

Remediation

Our remediation process fixes all elements and content including:

Text: Ensuring all text is properly tagged for screen readers.
Images: Providing accurate and descriptive alternative text for all images.
Tables: Adding proper table headers and ensuring logical reading order.
Forms: Making interactive forms fully accessible with appropriate labels and instructions.
Links: Ensuring all links are descriptive and functional.
Navigation: Adding bookmarks and tags for efficient navigation.

Process

Our remediation services provide an accurate, comprehensive, and cost-effective way to make PDF files compliant with Section 508 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and other laws and regulations. Our process begins with scanning and identifying color contrast, color & meaning, and other visual accessibility failures that need to be fixed prior to full remediation.

Our manual inspection and fixes are the biggest part of our process, but we make sure all documents pass automated accessibility checkers to ensure there are no issues that can be flagged by scans.

Here’s our document tagging process:

Tagging

Tag the PDF.
Correct the logical structure.
Ensure the tags are accurate and concise for each structure element.
Ensure proper alternate text for images, links, and form elements.
Ensure reading order via the tags panel.
Ensure proper Metadata.
Pass Adobe Acrobat Accessibility Check.
Pass PDF/UA or WCAG standards via the PAC 2024 testing tool.
QA spot check with Screen Reader.

Image-Based PDFs

For image-based PDFs, we a few additional steps are needed to ensure accessibility.

Each page is run through a professional OCR program to extract the text from the document.
Can convert to MS Word or keep as PDF.
Tag the PDF.
QA spot check with Screen Reader.
Correct the logical structure.
Ensure the tags are accurate and concise for each structure element.
Ensure proper alternate text for images, links, and form elements.
Ensure reading order via the tags panel.
Ensure proper Metadata.
Pass Adobe Acrobat Accessibility Check.
Pass PDF/UA or WCAG standards via the PAC 2024 testing tool.

Custom Template Creation

We also offer custom template creation services for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. These templates are designed to be accessible and can be more easily converted into accessible PDFs. Our custom templates ensure that your documents are accessible from the start, saving you time and ensuring conformance with WCAG 2.0 AA, 2.1 AA, and 2.2 AA standards.

Why Choose Us?

Expertise in Accessibility Standards

Our team of technical experts are experienced in remediating PDFs to meet the highest accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.2 AA and PDF/UA.

Note that WCAG 2.2 AA conformance includes WCAG 2.0 AA and 2.1 AA standards so your document will

Comprehensive Remediation

We provide thorough remediation services for PDFs, ensuring they are fully accessible. We don’t stop at 5/10 or 7/10 accessibility. Our documents will be perfectly accessible.

Custom Services

Our custom template creation services allow you to create accessible documents from the start, making it easier to produce accessible documents the first time.

Commitment to Quality

Our meticulous approach to document remediation means that every document is thoroughly checked and meets the highest accessibility standards.

Legal Compliance

After remediation, your documents will meet best practices for compliance for all anti-discrimination and digital accessibility laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, European Accessibility Act (EAA), and other laws.

Capacity

We are able to complete document remediation projects of almost any size. Whether you have a single PDF or a large batch of files, we have the infrastructure to deliver high-quality, accessible documents in a good turnaround time. Our quality remains the same whether we’re working on a single PDF or 1,000. Each remediated document undergoes a rigorous quality assurance process to ensure full accessibility before delivery.

Large Batch of Files

For clients with large batches of files, our seamless process and large team means we have the capacity to remediate thousands of documents.

PDF Quality

All client documents are remediated to be a 10/10 accessibility-wise. We do not stop at a certain baseline threshold. Our technical experts manually evaluate, process, and remediate all client documents to meet the WCAG 2.2 AA standard, which includes the WCAG 2.1 AA criteria. Additionally, PDFs are remediated to meet the PDF/UA standard.

We not only offer PDF remediation, but document accessibility services for many other document formats including Excel spreadsheets, Microsoft Word documents, PowerPoints, and more. We also offer custom services including accessible document templates.

PDF Remediation Services

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