PDF Accessibility Remediation
Find out what your PDFs actually need
PDFs on your website follow the same accessibility rules as the rest of your site. If you publish regularly — minutes, forms, reports, notices — there's a good chance some of that backlog has never been reviewed. We'll help you find out what's there and what it takes to fix it.
Why PDFs need their own look
For government agencies, school districts, and public-facing nonprofits, ADA Title II and Section 508 apply to PDFs the same way they apply to your web pages. Most organizations don't have a clear count of how many PDFs are on their site, let alone which ones matter most — that's usually the first gap worth closing.
A score isn't the same as usable
Automated remediation tools help with volume, but they have limits. A document can come back with a 90% automated compliance score and still have a table that reads as gibberish to a screen reader, or a form field that can't be completed without a mouse.
Software catches structure and metadata; it doesn't catch whether someone can actually use the document. Complex layouts—multi-column pages, forms, scanned pages, anything that might show up in an audit or a complaint—need a person to review them, not just a scanner.
Start with an assessment, not a subscription
Before committing to a remediation vendor or a software platform, it's worth knowing what you're actually dealing with: how many PDFs are published, which ones carry real risk, and which can be handled with straightforward automation. That's what the assessment is for. From there, I recommend the right path for each category instead of a one-size-fits-all approach—and I stay your single point of contact throughout, so you're not managing a platform or coordinating between vendors yourself.
How remediation gets done
I handle the assessment, scoping, and client relationship. Allyant performs the remediation work itself; they're a dedicated accessibility specialist firm I partner with for document remediation, and I'm a verified Allyant Digital Agency Partner.
Allyant's team includes certified accessibility professionals who do the human review that complex documents require; this is their business focus, not an add-on service. Once documents are remediated, they're reviewed for accuracy, and you receive both the accessible files and documentation you can use for accessibility statements, internal records, or a DOJ/OCR response if it's ever needed.
Who this tends to be for
Government agencies | Title II & Section 508: Ordinances, permit forms, public notices, and board minutes are all in scope if they're on your site. WebCompliance.co works with government clients at the county and municipal level, including members of the Missouri Association of Counties.
Schools & higher ed: Enrollment packets, board minutes, handbooks, and instructional materials all count. Education organizations tend to see some of the most active OCR enforcement.
Nonprofits with public communications: Annual reports, grant documents, program materials, event handouts — if it's published on your site, it's potentially in scope.
Organizations with a document backlog: If your site has years of accumulated PDFs and no one's reviewed them for accessibility, the assessment alone will tell you where to put your budget first.
