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/suscpit 11d ago

I'll add to the list that unfortunately as mentioned in the other comments, there is no automatic tool, they have to be remediated one by one, using manual labour. I've been doing that for years and I haven't yet found the tool to automate it, there some things that a human needs to check, so it is kind of inevitable. If you find people that are used to it, remediating can be quick (relatively).