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PDF accessibility remediation quote
EU customers must contact Allyant PDF Accessibility Remediation Services directly for PDF remediation quotes at their own discretion due to regulatory requirements. The PDF Remediation option continues to be available for customers in other geographical regions.
Locate the PDF files that are non-compliant.
The scan results are imported directly into your account and are available through the dashboard.
On the same row as a PDF that is non-compliant, click Remediation Quote.
This submits an order for remediation and identification of issues that require attention in the PDF. This service is provided by a third party, Allyant PDF Accessibiility Remediation Services.
The system displays a dialog box with the following text:
Document remediation for compliance to WCAG 2.1 AA, Section 508, HHS or PDF/UA accessibility standards. Document remediation requires manual verification and can range in cost. When you submit PDF documents for remediation, we will review the document and give you a firm, fixed price for the remediation. Upon completion of the work, we will also provide a compliance report. We will let you know if there is any Alternative Text (Alt-Text) required for images that are not self-descriptive or any related additional information needed to remediate the document.
Click OK to confirm and close the dialog.
The remediated PDFs are sent to your email when they are finished.
For accounts that are upgraded to include the PDF scanning tool, it is possible to request a bulk remediation quote that includes all PDFs.
Select Accessibility from the domain dashboard.
Contact Support for more information.
This section provides a list of some of the most common issues fixed in a PDF remediation:
| General Category | Error Message (from the “Reason” column in the compliance report) | In “layperson’s” terms |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Figure tags | A tag of type Figure does not define the Alt or Actual Text attributes. | You have a Figure tag with no Alt text. | Error |
| Alt text | Please verify that Alt of [Alt text for a graphic] is appropriate for the highlighted element. | When Alt text is provided, you are asked to verify that it is accurate. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Tables | A table that contains THead or TFoot and does not contain any TBody elements has been detected. | The table is not built correctly. | Error |
| Tables | Table does not contain header cells. | Header cells have not been tagged in the table. | Error |
| Tables (Header cells) | Cell (#,#) does not have column headers associated with it. | There is a data cell (indicated by the numbers in parentheses) that does not have a column header assigned to it. | Error |
| Tables | Scope attribute not specified for TH element. | A table header cell has been tagged as a header cell, but the scope has not been set. Scope should be either column or row. | Error |
| Tables - Summary Attribute | Table doesn't define the Summary attribute. | The data table does not have a summary. | Warning. Table summaries are not required but they can be very helpful especially for very long, complex tables that don't have captions. This is bringing to your attention that the table doesn't have a summary. |
| Metadata | The Marked entry in the document catalog has not been set to true. | The document is tagged, but the flag has not been set to indicate that the document is tagged. | Error |
| Metadata | Document does not define the dc:Title metedata attribute. | The document title has not been set in the metadata. | Error |
| Metadata | ViewerPreferences dictionary of the Catalog dictionary does not contain DisplayDocTitle key. | The document settings are not set to display the document title when the PDF is opened. | Error |
| Metadata - Title and Viewer Preferences | Please verify that a document title of [Title of the document] is appropriate for this document. | The document has a title, but you must ensure that the title is correct for the specific file. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Metadata - Language | Please ensure that the specified language [the language will be indicated] is appropriate for the document. | Review (Requires manual check) | |
| Headings | Heading Level skipped. The message may very but it'll indicate what the previous heading and next heading levels are. For example, the previous heading is level 2 and the next heading is level 4. | Heading levels are skipped in the document. | Error |
| Headings | Document does not define any headings. | There are no heading tags in the document. | Error |
| Navigation - Headings | Document does not define any headings. | There are no heading tags in the document. | Error |
| Lists | The List contains no Lbl elements but the ListNumbering attribute is not set to None. | This indicates two potential issues:
| Error |
| Lists | Example: Please verify that a ListNumbering value of Disc for the list is appropriate. | There may be other Warnings or Review statuses around the ListNumbering attributes. Ensure that they are correct and, if needed, fix them. | Warning or Review (Requires manual check) |
| Links | An untagged annotation has been detected. | There is a link annotation in the document that has not been tagged. | Error |
| Links | Link tag does not have a Link annotation as a direct child. | There is a link Tag in the document but it does not contain a link Annotation. | Error |
| Links | Parent tag of Link annotation doesn't define the Alt attribute. | The Link tag does not have Alt text. | Error if the link tag does not have Alt text and if the link annotation does not have Contents. However, this will be a Warning if the link annotation does have Contents. |
| Links | Link Annotation doesn't define the Contents attribute. | The link annotation does not have the Contents attribute assigned. | Error if the link tag does not have Alt text and if the link annotation does not have Contents. However, this will be a Warning if the link tag containing the annotation does have Contents. |
| Links | Please verify that Alt of [link tag's Alt text] is appropriate for the highlighted element. | When Alt text is provided, verify that it is accurate. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Links | Please verify that Contents of [Contents on the link annotation] is appropriate for the highlighted element. | When link annotations have Contents, verify that they are correct. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Format, Layout, Color | Make sure that no information is conveyed by contrast, color, format or layout, or some combination thereof while the content is not tagged to reflect all meaning conveyed by the use of contrast, color, format or layout, or some combination thereof. | Make sure that color, or other visual cues, are not the only ways information is conveyed. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Contrast | Please ensure that the visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, except for Large text and images of large-scale text where it should have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1, or incidental content or logos | Verify that contrast between the document background and the text as well as text images is sufficient. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Contrast - Non-text Contrast | Please verify that all graphical elements need to have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 against adjacent colors. | Ensure that the graphics and their adjacent colors have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Meaningful Sequence | Allyant created # artifacts to hold untagged text/graphical elements. | There were untagged items in the document,so Allyant put it in an Artifact container. It is probably fine but the checkpoint is asking you to verify it. Essentially, ensure that everything which needs a tag has one. | Warning |
| Header/Footer pagination artifacts | Page # does not contain header and/or footer Artifacts. | There is content on the page (or pages) but header and/or footer pagination artifacts have not been set. This may not be an issue, for example, if your document doesn't have any running headers or footers. But, if the document does have running headers and/or footers then the pagination artifact and subtype header or footer should be used. | Warning |
| Structural Issues | A tag of type [tag] is empty. | This message will vary depending on the type of tag that is empty. It indicates that there are empty tags in the document Tags tree that might need to be removed. If, for example, the empty tags are in data tables, and you need those empty cells for proper formatting, then they should not be removed. | Warning |
| Forms | The tool tip does not contain the label text for the highlighted form field. | Warning | |
| Forms | Form field does not have a tool tip associated with it. | Form fields (widget annotations) must have tooltips. | Error |
| Forms | The Form Annotation does not define the TU attribute. | This is another wording of the preceeding error. | Error |
| Forms | Please verify that TU of [tooltip for the form field] is appropriate for the highlighted element. | Similar to Links and Figures, above. When form fields have tooltips, you are asked to verify that the tooltips are correct. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Forms | Is the purpose of the input field clear and programmatically determinable? | Review (Requires manual check) | |
| Forms | No form fields have been marked as Required. Please verify that none of the form fields in this document is a required form field. | Review (Requires manual check) | |
| Forms | A form field has been detected with no validation rules. Please verify that the form field does not require validation. | Review (Requires manual check) |
For information about how to do the PDF accessibility scan, visit PDF accessibility scan.
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The scan results are imported directly into your account and are available through the dashboard.
On the same row as a PDF that is non-compliant, click Remediation Quote.
This submits an order for remediation and identification of issues that require attention in the PDF. This service is provided by a third party, Allyant PDF Accessibiility Remediation Services.
The system displays a dialog box with the following text:
Document remediation for compliance to WCAG 2.1 AA, Section 508, HHS or PDF/UA accessibility standards. Document remediation requires manual verification and can range in cost. When you submit PDF documents for remediation, we will review the document and give you a firm, fixed price for the remediation. Upon completion of the work, we will also provide a compliance report. We will let you know if there is any Alternative Text (Alt-Text) required for images that are not self-descriptive or any related additional information needed to remediate the document.
Click OK to confirm and close the dialog.
The remediated PDFs are sent to your email when they are finished.
| The data table does not have a summary. |
| Warning. Table summaries are not required but they can be very helpful especially for very long, complex tables that don't have captions. This is bringing to your attention that the table doesn't have a summary. |
| Metadata | The Marked entry in the document catalog has not been set to true. | The document is tagged, but the flag has not been set to indicate that the document is tagged. | Error |
| Metadata | Document does not define the dc:Title metedata attribute. | The document title has not been set in the metadata. | Error |
| Metadata | ViewerPreferences dictionary of the Catalog dictionary does not contain DisplayDocTitle key. | The document settings are not set to display the document title when the PDF is opened. | Error |
| Metadata - Title and Viewer Preferences | Please verify that a document title of [Title of the document] is appropriate for this document. | The document has a title, but you must ensure that the title is correct for the specific file. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Metadata - Language | Please ensure that the specified language [the language will be indicated] is appropriate for the document. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Headings | Heading Level skipped. The message may very but it'll indicate what the previous heading and next heading levels are. For example, the previous heading is level 2 and the next heading is level 4. | Heading levels are skipped in the document. | Error |
| Headings | Document does not define any headings. | There are no heading tags in the document. | Error |
| Navigation - Headings | Document does not define any headings. | There are no heading tags in the document. | Error |
| Lists | The List contains no Lbl elements but the ListNumbering attribute is not set to None. | This indicates two potential issues:
| Error |
| Lists | Example: Please verify that a ListNumbering value of Disc for the list is appropriate. | There may be other Warnings or Review statuses around the ListNumbering attributes. Ensure that they are correct and, if needed, fix them. | Warning or Review (Requires manual check) |
| Links | An untagged annotation has been detected. | There is a link annotation in the document that has not been tagged. | Error |
| Links | Link tag does not have a Link annotation as a direct child. | There is a link Tag in the document but it does not contain a link Annotation. | Error |
| Links | Parent tag of Link annotation doesn't define the Alt attribute. | The Link tag does not have Alt text. | Error if the link tag does not have Alt text and if the link annotation does not have Contents. However, this will be a Warning if the link annotation does have Contents. |
| Links | Link Annotation doesn't define the Contents attribute. | The link annotation does not have the Contents attribute assigned. | Error if the link tag does not have Alt text and if the link annotation does not have Contents. However, this will be a Warning if the link tag containing the annotation does have Contents. |
| Links | Please verify that Alt of [link tag's Alt text] is appropriate for the highlighted element. | When Alt text is provided, verify that it is accurate. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Links | Please verify that Contents of [Contents on the link annotation] is appropriate for the highlighted element. | When link annotations have Contents, verify that they are correct. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Format, Layout, Color | Make sure that no information is conveyed by contrast, color, format or layout, or some combination thereof while the content is not tagged to reflect all meaning conveyed by the use of contrast, color, format or layout, or some combination thereof. | Make sure that color, or other visual cues, are not the only ways information is conveyed. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Contrast | Please ensure that the visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, except for Large text and images of large-scale text where it should have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1, or incidental content or logos | Verify that contrast between the document background and the text as well as text images is sufficient. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Contrast - Non-text Contrast | Please verify that all graphical elements need to have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 against adjacent colors. | Ensure that the graphics and their adjacent colors have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Meaningful Sequence | Allyant created # artifacts to hold untagged text/graphical elements. | There were untagged items in the document,so Allyant put it in an Artifact container. It is probably fine but the checkpoint is asking you to verify it. Essentially, ensure that everything which needs a tag has one. | Warning |
| Header/Footer pagination artifacts | Page # does not contain header and/or footer Artifacts. | There is content on the page (or pages) but header and/or footer pagination artifacts have not been set. This may not be an issue, for example, if your document doesn't have any running headers or footers. But, if the document does have running headers and/or footers then the pagination artifact and subtype header or footer should be used. | Warning |
| Structural Issues | A tag of type [tag] is empty. | This message will vary depending on the type of tag that is empty. It indicates that there are empty tags in the document Tags tree that might need to be removed. If, for example, the empty tags are in data tables, and you need those empty cells for proper formatting, then they should not be removed. | Warning |
| Forms | The tool tip does not contain the label text for the highlighted form field. | Warning |
| Forms | Form field does not have a tool tip associated with it. | Form fields (widget annotations) must have tooltips. | Error |
| Forms | The Form Annotation does not define the TU attribute. | This is another wording of the preceeding error. | Error |
| Forms | Please verify that TU of [tooltip for the form field] is appropriate for the highlighted element. | Similar to Links and Figures, above. When form fields have tooltips, you are asked to verify that the tooltips are correct. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Forms | Is the purpose of the input field clear and programmatically determinable? | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Forms | No form fields have been marked as Required. Please verify that none of the form fields in this document is a required form field. | Review (Requires manual check) |
| Forms | A form field has been detected with no validation rules. Please verify that the form field does not require validation. | Review (Requires manual check) |
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