PDF Accessibility
Identify and remediate PDF accessibility issues with Acquia Optimize.
Compliance Made Easy
Audit your documents for accessibility with an add-on PDF scanner powered by Allyant (formerly CommonLook), a top PDF remediation software. The scanner crawls your domain, finds PDFs, and offers remediation services for the most common accessibility problems, including proper image tagging, tables, forms, and other non-textual objects. PDFs can be fixed to comply with ADA Title III, WCAG 2.2, Section 508, HHS, PDF/UA, the EU Web Accessibility Directive, and other accessibility standards.
- Review
Scan PDFs from the Accessibility module to see where your site stands in terms of PDF accessibility and flag inaccessible documents. - Report
Receive a complete accessibility report detailing areas of non-compliance and recommendations on how to address them. - Remediate
Remediate and tag all your PDF documents right on the Acquia Optimize platform so that they can be read using assistive technology and be accessible to everyone.
Get Accessible PDFs in Three Easy Steps
Go to the Accessibility module on your Acquia Optimize dashboard. At the bottom of the left sidebar menu, select "PDFs" and choose "Internal" or "External."
On the dashboard, you will be able to see the status of your PDFs in terms of compliance. To see which PDFs are accessible, you will need to start an Accessibility scan for each PDF.
If any of your PDFs require remediation, you can request this from Allyant's (formerly CommonLook) expert team directly from the Acquia Optimize platform. Remediated documents and their accessibility reports will be delivered to you via Acquia Optimize.
The Benefits of Accessible PDFs
Legal Compliance
Publishing accessible PDFs based on the internationally-recognized accessibility standards like Title III of the ADA, WCAG 2.2 AA, PDF/UA, and HHS standards on your website can reduce your risk of lawsuits.
Inclusive Documents
Accessible PDFs allow people with disabilities to access, read, and navigate documents using a screen reader, screen magnifiers, text-to-speech software, speech recognition software, alternative input devices, Braille embossers, and refreshable Braille displays.
Better UX for Everyone
The same document structure used to make PDFs accessible to assistive technology also makes PDFs compatible on mobile devices, by allowing the document to properly reflow and display correctly on a smaller screen. Furthermore, having a PDF that you can tab through in the correct reading order benefits everyone, especially in documents like forms.
Social and Business Benefits
Having accessible PDFs on your website opens up your site to more customers. Since PDFs are an easy way to share all kinds of documents and they readily retain complex layouts, making them accessible to a wider audience can increase your market potential.
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