Proof

PDF accessibility check

PDFs before and after remediation. Click on each file to see what was failing and what was fixed.

Each PDF was checked against WCAG 2.2 (full) — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 combined with PDF/UA-1.

'Before' is the original; 'after' is what came out of the remediator.

We do not claim a result veraPDF does not confirm.

ten anchor runs · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

federal consent-decree subject · still in violation

Federal consent-decree subject

An institution bound by a federal accessibility consent decree that named PDFs in its remediation obligations. A 2026 partial domain crawl found it still publishing PDFs that fail the standards its decree references.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

2,466,381 227

808 PDFs validated end-to-end (partial domain crawl, full crawl in progress). Before remediation: 84 of 808 passing PDF/UA-1, 334 of 808 passing WCAG 2.2 — the institution's own public PDFs, validated against the standards its consent decree binds it to. After remediation: 769 of 808 passing PDF/UA-1, 716 of 808 passing WCAG 2.2. PDF/UA-1 violations 2,466,381 → 227; WCAG 2.2 violations 2,459,690 → 2,942.

808 files · partial scan · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

w3.org · authors of wcag

w3.org

International web-standards consortium — the body that authored WCAG. Training handouts on PDF accessibility, published on w3.org, tested against the standard they wrote.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

213 0

4 PDFs validated end-to-end. Before remediation: 0 of 4 passing PDF/UA-1, 0 of 4 passing WCAG 2.2. After: 4 of 4 passing PDF/UA-1, 3 of 4 passing WCAG 2.2. PDF/UA-1 violations 213 → 0; WCAG 2.2 violations 206 → 1.

4 files · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

access-board.gov · federal accessibility-standards body

access-board.gov

Federal accessibility-standards body — the agency that authored the rules every other federal portal must follow.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

645,092 14

159 PDFs validated end-to-end. Before remediation: 0 of 159 passing PDF/UA-1, 7 of 159 passing WCAG 2.2. After: 139 of 159 passing PDF/UA-1, 136 of 159 passing WCAG 2.2. PDF/UA-1 violations 645,092 → 14; WCAG 2.2 violations 636,896 → 85.

159 files · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

ada.gov · federal accessibility-statute portal

ada.gov

Federal accessibility-statute portal — public records, tested against the standard the portal administers.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

506 fixed

618 PDFs processed; 506 fixed end-to-end, 96 improved (partial), 16 missing source.

618 files · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

section508.gov · federal it-accessibility program portal

section508.gov

Federal IT-accessibility program portal — the portal that administers the standard every federal agency must follow for digital accessibility.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

39 0

4 PDFs validated end-to-end. Before remediation: 0 of 4 passing PDF/UA-1, 2 of 4 passing WCAG 2.2. After: 4 of 4 passing both. PDF/UA-1 violations 39 → 0; WCAG 2.2 violations 2 → 0.

4 files · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

state education board

State education agency

Public-records corpus from a state education agency.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

162,568 0

666 PDFs validated end-to-end; 665 of 666 documents passing PDF/UA-1 (99.85%). WCAG 2.2 rule violations 162,568 → 0; PDF/UA-1 rule violations 169,496 → 3.

666 files · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

policy think tank · publications

Policy think tank

Publication set from a policy think tank.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

97.4%

35,400 PDFs processed; 34,491 passed, 904 failed, 5 skipped — 97.4% pass rate against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1.

35,400 files · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

policy think tank · research

Policy think tank

Research corpus from a policy think tank.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

2,323,466 3

375 PDFs processed; 0 → 363 PDF/UA-1-conformant. Total rule violations dropped from 2,323,466 to 3 — 96.8% pass rate.

375 files · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

public utility

Public utility

Public-records corpus from a regional water utility.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

87.3%

1,840 PDFs processed; 87.3% fully remediated end-to-end; 95.8% fully or partially remediated.

1,840 files · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

court system

Court system

Public-records corpus from a court system.

per-file rule diff · part of deliverable

21,627

21,627 documents processed end-to-end against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1.

21,627 files · validated against WCAG 2.2 (full) + PDF/UA-1

Ten industries.

international standards bodies · federal agencies · law firms · insurance carriers · government affairs firms · think tanks · trade associations · public utilities · court systems · state education boards

10 anchor corpora · 61,501 pdfs validated end-to-end · 165 million+ wcag 2.2 violations remediated · 166 million+ pdf/ua-1 violations remediated across the full corpus history

And here's what those violations cost when they ship unremediated.