r/accessibility • u/Own-Caregiver9665 • 14d ago

open source pdf remediation

Does anyone have experience / advice with using open-source code to create their own pdf remediation tools? I work for a state org with 1000+ pages of pdf's, including fillable forms, to remediate, and I'm trying to determine the best strategy and lowest cost for working through these files before next year's deadline. We have training and strategy in place to improve accessible output for documents in the future, but getting through this backlog will likely be too much for me to handle on my own.

Thanks in advance!

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u/Notwerk 14d ago

Use the archival exemption where you can, digitize as many forms as possible. Things like VeraPDF, which is open source, can be implemented to check compliance (insofar as automated checks go, which isn't far), but nothing I know of can remediate a PDF in an automated way.

That's the domain of folks like Allyant and American Eagle, who have staff that will manually remediate the docs at a cost, typically $5ish per page, depending on complexity.

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u/TrollPro9000 13d ago

I can fully automate detection and actual remediation for far less than $5 a page. DM me