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PDF Accessibility Checker

Check whether a screen reader can use your PDF — tags, language, title, text layer — with plain-language fixes. Checked on your device — the document is never uploaded.

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Up to 200MB on this device — processed in RAM, never uploaded

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About PDF Accessibility Checker

PDF Accessibility Checker keeps the complete file workflow inside this browser tab. Your selected file, its name, contents, settings, and generated output are not sent to AntiUpload or a cloud conversion service. Ads and aggregate traffic analytics stay outside the processing boundary and receive no file object or working buffer.

PDF Accessibility Checker performs a focused local audit of structural features that determine whether assistive technology can understand a document. It checks for a tagged structure tree, marked-content metadata, document language, a meaningful title and title-display setting, encryption barriers, and usable text on every page. Results are grouped as pass, warning, or failure with a plain-language explanation.

The checker is diagnostic rather than a full PDF/UA certification service. It can safely add or update the document title and language metadata, make viewers announce the title, and send image-only pages to OCR. Reading order, alternative text quality, table semantics, color contrast, and human comprehension still require manual inspection or remediation in the source authoring tool.

How it works

  1. Choose a PDFThe document opens locally and each page is checked for extractable text while the catalog and structure metadata are inspected.
  2. Read the report cardPasses, warnings, and failures explain what a screen reader is likely to encounter and why each item matters.
  3. Apply safe metadata fixesIf needed, set the title and language and enable display of the document title without changing page artwork.
  4. Continue remediationDownload the text report, run OCR on image-only pages, and fix tagging, reading order, alternative text, and semantics in the source document.

When to use PDF Accessibility Checker

Preflight a document before publishing
Catch missing language, title, tags, or text layers before a report, form, or policy PDF goes live.
Investigate a screen-reader complaint
Identify image-only pages, encryption, or absent structure that can make an apparently normal PDF unusable.
Create a remediation handoff
Download a plain-text findings report that explains which automatic fixes were possible and which issues need source-document work.

Frequently asked questions

Can AntiUpload fix every accessibility issue automatically?
No. It can safely update title and language metadata and direct image-only pages to OCR. Meaningful tags, reading order, table structure, and alternative text generally must be fixed in the source document or a dedicated remediation editor. Input files are read from browser memory and the output is created locally for your download. AntiUpload does not send file bytes, names, sizes, page counts, contents, passwords, or generated outputs through analytics or advertising requests.
Does passing this checker guarantee PDF/UA compliance?
No. It covers important machine-checkable foundations, but a complete accessibility review also needs human checks for reading order, alternative text, headings, tables, links, contrast, and content clarity.
Why does a visible page fail the text-layer check?
A scanned page can look correct but contain only pixels. OCR adds invisible text that search and assistive technology can access, although OCR accuracy must still be reviewed.
Is the accessibility report private?
Yes. The PDF is inspected in your browser, and the optional report is generated locally for you to download.

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About PDF Accessibility Checker

PDF Accessibility Checker keeps the complete file workflow inside this browser tab. Your selected file, its name, contents, settings, and generated output are not sent to AntiUpload or a cloud conversion service. Ads and aggregate traffic analytics stay outside the processing boundary and receive no file object or working buffer.

PDF Accessibility Checker performs a focused local audit of structural features that determine whether assistive technology can understand a document. It checks for a tagged structure tree, marked-content metadata, document language, a meaningful title and title-display setting, encryption barriers, and usable text on every page. Results are grouped as pass, warning, or failure with a plain-language explanation.

The checker is diagnostic rather than a full PDF/UA certification service. It can safely add or update the document title and language metadata, make viewers announce the title, and send image-only pages to OCR. Reading order, alternative text quality, table semantics, color contrast, and human comprehension still require manual inspection or remediation in the source authoring tool.

How it works

  1. Choose a PDFThe document opens locally and each page is checked for extractable text while the catalog and structure metadata are inspected.
  2. Read the report cardPasses, warnings, and failures explain what a screen reader is likely to encounter and why each item matters.
  3. Apply safe metadata fixesIf needed, set the title and language and enable display of the document title without changing page artwork.
  4. Continue remediationDownload the text report, run OCR on image-only pages, and fix tagging, reading order, alternative text, and semantics in the source document.

When to use PDF Accessibility Checker

Preflight a document before publishing
Catch missing language, title, tags, or text layers before a report, form, or policy PDF goes live.
Investigate a screen-reader complaint
Identify image-only pages, encryption, or absent structure that can make an apparently normal PDF unusable.
Create a remediation handoff
Download a plain-text findings report that explains which automatic fixes were possible and which issues need source-document work.

Frequently asked questions

Can AntiUpload fix every accessibility issue automatically?
No. It can safely update title and language metadata and direct image-only pages to OCR. Meaningful tags, reading order, table structure, and alternative text generally must be fixed in the source document or a dedicated remediation editor. Input files are read from browser memory and the output is created locally for your download. AntiUpload does not send file bytes, names, sizes, page counts, contents, passwords, or generated outputs through analytics or advertising requests.
Does passing this checker guarantee PDF/UA compliance?
No. It covers important machine-checkable foundations, but a complete accessibility review also needs human checks for reading order, alternative text, headings, tables, links, contrast, and content clarity.
Why does a visible page fail the text-layer check?
A scanned page can look correct but contain only pixels. OCR adds invisible text that search and assistive technology can access, although OCR accuracy must still be reviewed.
Is the accessibility report private?
Yes. The PDF is inspected in your browser, and the optional report is generated locally for you to download.

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