WCAG PDF Remediation
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA is the global standard for digital accessibility. PDFally remediates your PDFs to full WCAG compliance—protecting you from lawsuits and reaching every user.
What Is WCAG 2.1?
WCAG 2.1 is published by the W3C and defines how web content—including PDFs—should be made accessible to people with visual, auditory, cognitive, and motor disabilities. Level AA is the widely adopted legal benchmark.
Courts in the US, EU, Canada, and Australia cite WCAG as the standard by which ADA and equivalent accessibility laws are measured. A PDF that fails WCAG 2.1 Level AA is legally exposed almost anywhere in the world.
PDFally remediates every document against all four WCAG principles: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust.
Perceivable
Content must be presentable in ways users can perceive—alt text, captions, sufficient contrast.
Operable
All functionality must be accessible via keyboard and assistive technologies.
Understandable
Text is readable, language is set, and forms have clear instructions.
Robust
Content is compatible with current and future assistive technologies.
ADA Lawsuit Risk Is Real
Over 4,600 ADA web accessibility lawsuits were filed in 2023 alone. Inaccessible PDFs are a leading trigger.
Litigation Exposure
Plaintiffs regularly name inaccessible PDF documents—annual reports, applications, menus, brochures—as evidence in ADA Title III lawsuits.
Serial Litigants
Law firms that specialize in accessibility lawsuits use automated scanning. Any accessible failure in a public-facing PDF is a potential demand letter.
Prevention Is Cheap
Remediation costs a fraction of legal defense, settlements, and the reputational harm that accompanies a public lawsuit.
WCAG Success Criteria We Remediate
Aligned to WCAG 2.1 Level AA for PDFs.
1.1.1 Non-text Content
Alt text for all informative images; decorative images suppressed
1.3.1 Info & Relationships
Semantic tags for headings, lists, tables, and form fields
1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence
Reading order matches visual presentation
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)
Text contrast ratio meets 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large text
2.1.1 Keyboard
All interactive content operable via keyboard / assistive tech
2.4.2 Page Titled
Document title set in metadata
3.1.1 Language of Page
Document language declared in properties
4.1.2 Name, Role, Value
Form fields have labels, roles, and states exposed to assistive tech
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