PDF Accessibility Scanning
Inclusive PDF Experiences at Your Fingertips

Just like your website, your documents should be accessible to everyone. Take the first step towards accessible documents. Our scanner analyzes your PDFs against accessibility standards and pinpoints areas where adjustments are needed.

PDF accessibility scanning interface showing document preview and accessibility checker

What makes us different
Why Accessibility in PDFs is important?

In today's digital world, ensuring everyone can access information is paramount. That's why PDF accessibility isn't just a nice-to-have – it's a fundamental aspect of creating inclusive and user-friendly content. Here's why it truly matters:

Ensures Equal Access and Inclusivity

Just like websites, PDFs often contain vital information. Making them accessible ensures that everyone, including individuals with disabilities can access and understand this information.

Wider Device Compatibility

Accessible PDFs are structured in a way that makes them more adaptable to various devices and screen readers. This means your content can be consumed more reliably across different technologies, benefiting all users regardless of how they access information.

Supports Adherence to Key Accessibility Standards

Ensuring your PDFs are accessible helps you meet recognized guidelines like WCAG and Section 508. These standards are increasingly important for legal compliance and demonstrating a commitment to best practices.

Audit Your PDFs in3 Simple Stepswith AccessLens

  1. 1Upload Your Documents

    Simply upload the PDF files you want to check directly into AccessLens.

  2. 2Get Results and Identify Issues

    AccessLens will scan your PDF and provide a clear report, highlighting specific accessibility issues found within the document.

  3. 3Learn How to Fix with AI-Powered Guides

    For each identified issue, AccessLens provides step-by-step guides, enhanced with AI assistance, to explain the problem and offer clear solutions.

Impacts
Empower Every Reader with Inclusive PDFs

Automatically Catch High-Impact PDF Accessibility Issues

Access Lens turns PDF accessibility from a chore into a breeze - automatically unearthing up to 50% of WCAG 2.x and PDF/UA issues and serving you crystal-clear, step-by-step fixes so you can deliver perfectly compliant PDFs in minutes, not days.

  • Automated WCAG 2.x & PDF/UA Checks: Flags up to 50% of common PDF barriers.

  • Key Issue Detection: Finds missing tags, alt text gaps, reading-order errors, form problems, and more.

  • Efficiency Boost: Cuts manual review time so you can tackle complex cases faster.

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Smarter Fixes with AI Guidance

Access Lens uses AI to translate technical accessibility issues into clear, plain-language insights. Each issue includes a real-world user story and step-by-step developer guidance - so your team can fix problems faster and design with empathy.

Visibility & Accountability for your Accessibility Progress

Accessibility is a continuous journey, not a one-off task. Access Lens keeps tabs on your documents with automated, time-based scans and delivers rich analytics.

  • Performance Over Time: Automatically track key accessibility metrics across each scan

  • Trend Visualization: See improvements and setbacks at a glance with intuitive charts

  • Team Accountability: Share clear, data-driven reports to keep everyone aligned on goals

Our IAAP-certified professional provides all-assisted, in-house audits and consultations for expert accessibility insights beyond automation.

The Future of Document Accessibility Is at Your Fingertips