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The EqualWeb PDF Auto Tag Remediation tool is AI-powered software that makes PDF remediation fast and easy. Within seconds after uploading your PDF, the remediation tool makes your document accessible according to WCAG 2.2 Level AA and Section 508 standards.
The PDF accessibility tool significantly improves non-accessible PDF files, including more accurate results for heading levels, reading order, complex lists, links, references, and tables, ensuring that each document can be easily navigated with screen readers and other reading devices for the sake of people with disabilities, including the addition of alternative text for images.
EqualWeb offers this special AI remediation feature for image recognition and language processing to describe pictures in PDFs. It identifies objects, extracts details like color and position, and creates concise, accurate written descriptions for images without text. Using this AI tool helps understand and describe images more accurately, even capturing emotions or actions, for the benefit of people with disabilities.
Receive a Checker auditing report detailing newly added tags, tags removed, and any content that needs further fixing.
PDF Auto Tag Remediation benefits
Accessible PDFs are required by law
The law requires all website content to be accessible to people with disabilities. This includes PDF documents. In the United States, this obligation is drawn from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508 legislation, which uses the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as its benchmark. Consult an expert to inquire into legal demands in your region.
Users with disabilities want to read and engage with your content just like everyone else. Making your PDF documents accessible for all is a societal as well as a business interest so no one is left behind due to unnecessary barriers. With today’s AI technology, these digital barriers can be easily removed. Coupled with regulatory requirements, improving the readability of your PDFs benefits all.
Tagging PDFs can be a grueling, tedious task if done manually, especially if your documents contain complex content with multiple columns and tables. To be able to scale your remediation process and make your PDF documents accessible with auto-tagging is an amazing tool for website owners, programmers, and designers. This will save you time, effort, and costly resources.
The PDF Auto AI Remediation is an AI-powered tool that significantly improves non-remediated PDF files, including more accurate results for heading levels, reading order, complex lists, links, references, and tables.
Users who use assistive technology, like screen readers or other text-to-speech tools, require a PDF to be structured in order to read it properly and engage with its content. This is achieved by automatically tagging your PDF files with EqualWeb’s AI software. Adding tags enables the identification of a PDF’s elements such as Headings, Tables, Lists, and Paragraphs.
PDF structure tags define the reading order as well as headings, paragraphs, sections, tables, and other page elements. The tags structure also allows documents to be resized and reflowed for viewing at larger sizes and on mobile devices.
Additionally, each paragraph is labeled with language identification to aid content understanding and improve word breaks. The outcome is a tagged PDF. We put immense effort and work into adhering to accessibility standards set by international regulations like Section 508 and the WCAG 2.2 guidelines.
PDF remediation for enterprises and partners
If you have large numbers of PDF files that require remediation or if you are a business that handles many websites that would be interested in having this service year-round, we are your perfect fit!
For organizations that would be interested in our enterprise program, we can provide tailor-made PDF remediation solutions for any specific need and any kind of complexity. By joining our enterprise program we will help you fully meet ADA and WCAG 2.2 standards via our cutting-edge AI technology and manual remediation expertise.
If you want to partner with EqualWeb we can offer you a slew of mutually-benefiting options so we can grow together while providing PDF accessibility solutions to your clients. For more details, no strings attached, book a meeting with our sales team.
The PDF Auto AI Remediation tool issues an auditory report that details the remediation process and added and removed tags, as well as persisting issues that require additional review. This report will serve as a guide for you on how to fix accessibility errors and a statement of your remediation effort.
The auto-tagging system recognizes a title (if available) and incorporates it as an extra heading level 1 (H1). If you aim for greater alignment with WCAG 2.2 HTML accessibility standards when a title is detected, it is designated as an H1, and all other headings within the document can be adjusted down by one level (e.g., H1 becomes H2). This setting is initially set to "false" (no adjustment).
How does it work?
Step 1
Upload your PDFs.
Step 2
The Auto Tag tool runs the remediation process. Wait for the documents to be ready in a matter of minutes.
Step 3
Download your accessible PDFs as well as a generated report detailing the doc’s tags and any other issues.
We are ready to help
Start remediating your PDF documents now. If you need further assistance or would like to ask anything about this subject, feel free to contact one of our accessibility experts.
“ADA compliance was definitely a factor with our decision to choose EqualWeb.
In today’s digital landscape, meeting ADA laws that cater to customers with disabilities has become crucial for businesses. EqualWeb understands this need completely, which is why tens of thousands of companies, ranging from Fortune 500 firms to small businesses, trust us to remediate their websites against the highest and most up-to-date international digital accessibility standards. We are honored to partner with companies like Motor Bookstore, who prioritize smart solutions that are not only cost-effective but also ensure inclusivity for all.
“I think everybody should provide [the EqualWeb] functionality to their websites.
Nuwber, after an extensive search for the best web accessibility solution, found that EqualWeb stood out as the top choice for website remediation. We are thrilled to offer our premier web accessibility services to fulfill Nuwber’s accessibility and compliance needs. At EqualWeb, we pride ourselves on delivering the highest level of service to our clients and are grateful for their trust and support. Our commitment to exceptional accessibility solutions is exemplified by our loyal customers. Take a moment to hear the warm testimonial that Nuwber graciously shared with us.
“I have to say that the EqualWeb team has been one of the best partners for Lenovo.
EqualWeb is delighted to cooperate with the world’s leading PC company, Lenovo. We take great pride in providing top-notch web accessibility solutions for Lenovo’s platforms. With Lenovo joining our esteemed list of loyal clients, we are grateful for their trust and support. We also extend our gratitude to Salo for her kind remarks, which attest to our strong partnership. Our collaboration with Lenovo reinforces our commitment to delivering exceptional accessibility solutions.
Hanna Salo, Senior Manager of the E-Commerce Business Unit, at Lenovo
