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What makes a PDF accessible — tags, reading order, alt text and language — and what DocFila does and does not do about it.
Section 508 (US federal), the Americans with Disabilities Act, the EU Web Accessibility Directive, and EN 301 549 all increasingly cover PDF documents. Inaccessible PDFs have triggered lawsuits and procurement disqualifications.
Tags: every element (heading, paragraph, list, table, image) is tagged with its semantic role.
Reading order: the order in which a screen reader announces content matches the visual order.
Alt text: every meaningful image has a description.
Language and metadata: the document declares its language and a meaningful title.
DocFila does not create tagged PDF/UA files. Its PDF tools can merge, edit and sign a PDF, but they do not add tags, reading order or alt text. If you need an accessible PDF, author the source document (Word, InDesign or similar) with real headings and alt text, export it with tagging switched on, and check it with Adobe Acrobat's Accessibility Checker or PAC before you rely on it.
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