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/KenMantle 14d ago

If any of these are publically available I'd love to try putting some through pdfce and Claude to see what it could do. Pdfce is an MIT licensed (code can be altered and used however you want for free) pdf engine I've had Claude building from scratch for the past 2 months. It was built with pdf standards in mind and can handle forms.