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PDF/UA Accessibility Checker

Inspect tagged PDF, reading order, language, title, and alt-text readiness for PDF/UA workflows without claiming certification.

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Fileza will inspect accessibility, tagging, reading-order, and archive signals.

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PDF/UA Accessibility Checker for accessibility and archive readiness

PDF/UA Accessibility Checker in Fileza helps teams review whether a PDF has the structural signals that usually matter before accessibility validation. Upload a PDF, then inspect tagging, document language, title metadata, reading-order clues, alt-text signals, and page-level text extraction. The report is designed for preparation and review, not as a certificate of PDF/UA, WCAG, or legal compliance.

This tool is useful for education, government, HR, legal, publishing, and customer-facing document workflows where assistive-technology readiness matters. Fileza checks for signals such as StructTreeRoot, MarkInfo, RoleMap, ParentTree, language, viewer title preference, Figure roles, Alt text, ActualText, and pages that may need OCR. It also gives severity levels and suggested fixes without pretending that a browser scan can understand every semantic issue.

For stronger governance, the workflow includes a veraPDF-compatible adapter readiness note, organization compliance profile templates, and optional organization-level compliance log preparation. These features help Fileza fit into serious accessibility review processes while keeping the local report honest. The report can be saved with internal remediation notes, sent to a reviewer, or used as a checklist before a formal validator run. It is especially helpful when teams receive PDFs from many sources and need a consistent first-pass accessibility triage step.

Before publishing, open the PDF in a dedicated accessibility editor, verify the reading order, test headings and tables, review every image description, and validate with a proper PDF/UA validator when formal conformance matters.

Questions

PDF/UA Accessibility Checker FAQ

Does Fileza certify PDF/UA or PDF/A compliance?

No. Fileza provides local readiness signals and reports. Formal conformance requires a dedicated validator, such as a configured PDF/UA or PDF/A validation provider, plus human review.

Why are results called readiness signals?

Browser-side scans can inspect visible tokens, metadata, text extraction, and common structure markers, but they cannot guarantee every semantic or conformance rule.

Can I download the report?

Yes. Phase P4 tools can export JSON reports and PDF report summaries for review, audit discussion, and follow-up remediation.

What should I do after the report?

Fix the source or PDF structure, review tags and reading order manually, add missing metadata or alt text, and validate with a full compliance validator when the workflow requires it.

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