Document and PDF Remediation Services
Make your digital documents more accessible to people using screen readers, keyboards and other assistive technologies.
Solvehop provides professional document remediation services for PDFs and editable source documents, helping organisations identify and correct accessibility barriers without adding specialist remediation work to their internal workload.
From a single report to a large collection of documents, we can review your files, define the work required, complete the remediation and test the finished documents.
Document Accessibility Without the Headache
A document can look perfectly readable on screen and still present significant barriers for someone using assistive technology.
Headings may not be correctly identified. Content may be read in the wrong order. Tables can be difficult to navigate. Images may lack meaningful descriptions. Forms, links and graphical content can introduce further accessibility issues.
Solvehop can take care of the remediation process for you — from initial review through to remediation, testing and delivery.
Our Document Remediation Services
PDF Remediation
We can remediate existing PDF documents to improve their accessibility and underlying structure.
Depending on the document, this may include correcting:
- Tags and document structure
- Headings, paragraphs and lists
- Reading order
- Tables
- Alternative text
- Links and bookmarks
- Document titles and language
- Form fields and keyboard navigation
Word, PowerPoint & Source Documents
Where an editable source file is available, we can also address accessibility issues within the original document before producing the final PDF.
This can include problems involving:
- Colour contrast
- Typography and readability
- Heading structure
- Tables
- Charts and diagrams
- Complex layouts
- Text within graphics
- Information communicated by colour alone
Providing the editable source file can give us more options, particularly where accessibility barriers originate in the document’s original design.
Document Testing & Validation
Remediated documents are reviewed using specialist accessibility testing tools together with manual checks.
Depending on the agreed project requirements, PDFs can be tested against PDF/UA-1, while applicable WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA requirements can also be addressed where source-document and design remediation form part of the scope.
A validation report or certificate can be supplied where required.
Large Document Collections
Need more than one document remediated?
Solvehop can assist with larger collections of reports, policies, forms, publications and other documents.
Where there are many files, we can help assess the collection, identify priorities and organise the remediation into manageable stages.
What Types of Documents Can We Remediate?
We can assist with many common business, government and organisational documents, including:
- Reports and publications
- Policies and procedures
- Plans and strategy documents
- Forms
- Educational and training material
- Brochures and information guides
- Manuals
- Presentations
- Word documents
- PowerPoint presentations
- PDF documents
Have something more complex? Send us a representative file and we can assess the best approach.
A Simple Remediation Process
1. Send Us Your Documents
Provide a representative PDF and, where available, the original editable source file.
For larger projects, let us know the approximate number of documents, page count and any required completion date.
2. We Review and Quote
We assess the documents, identify the likely remediation requirements and provide a clear scope and quotation.
Document complexity, tables, forms, charts, graphics and source-file availability can all affect the work required.
3. We Remediate, Test and Deliver
Our document remediation specialists complete the agreed work, review and test the documents and deliver the remediated files.
If there are limitations that cannot be corrected within the supplied files or agreed scope, we will identify these clearly.
Why Choose Solvehop?
Managed From Start to Finish
You don’t need to coordinate different suppliers for assessment, remediation and testing. Solvehop can manage the complete process.
Technical and Design Remediation
We can address technical PDF accessibility and, when editable source documents are available, accessibility barriers within the document’s original design.
Accessibility Expertise
Document remediation is part of Solvehop’s broader digital accessibility services, allowing us to consider documents within the wider accessibility requirements of your organisation.
Clear Scope and Communication
We explain what needs to be done, what files we require and what can realistically be achieved before the work begins.
Small or Large Projects
Whether you have one complex PDF or a substantial document library, we can recommend an approach that suits the scope and timeframe.
Working to a Deadline?
Document accessibility projects often come with a fixed publication or compliance deadline.
If your project is time-sensitive, send us a sample document together with the approximate number of files, page count, source files where available and your required completion date.
We can then assess the project and let you know what can realistically be delivered within the available timeframe.
Need Help With Document Accessibility?
If you have PDFs, Word documents, presentations or other digital documents that need to be made more accessible, send us a sample and tell us what you need.
We’ll review the project and provide a clear scope and quotation.