- AWS-Native · WCAG 2.1 AA · Section 508 · PDF/UA
Remediate PDFs for Full Accessibility Compliance at Enterprise Scale
PureData Cloud’s AI-powered PDF accessibility engine automatically tags document structure, detects reading order, generates semantic alt text, and produces WCAG 2.1 AA compliant output deployed entirely within your own AWS environment. Zero data leaves your account.
Your data stays yours
- AWS-Native · WCAG 2.1 AA · Section 508 · PDF/UA
Remediate PDFs for Full Accessibility Compliance at Enterprise Scale
PureData Cloud’s AI-powered PDF accessibility engine automatically tags document structure, detects reading order, generates semantic alt text, and produces WCAG 2.1 AA compliant output deployed entirely within your own AWS environment. Zero data leaves your account.
Deployed in your AWS account, not a shared SaaS
Powered by Adobe Acrobat Services API
No per-user licensing fees
One-click deployment via AWS CloudFormation
- The Compliance Problem
Your Document Library is a Legal Liability You Haven't Fixed Yet
Most organizations are sitting on thousands of inaccessible PDFs course catalogues, research reports, financial disclosures, grant applications none of which meet WCAG 2.1 AA, ADA, or Section 508 standards. The exposure is real.
Of institutional PDFs
fail WCAG 2.1 Level A the baseline standard
- PDF APIs Savings
Now Save Your Cost On Adobe API
File stored in your S3 bucket. No AWS compute runs. No Adobe API call is made. Cost: a fraction of a cent in storage per month.
- S3 storage only
A shareable URL is generated immediately. Publish it to your website, catalogue, or portal straight away no waiting for remediation to finish.
- Publish before processing
Genuine first access fires the full pipeline: AWS Textract for structure extraction, the Adobe Acrobat Services API for WCAG tagging, AI alt text, compliance check. Viewer sees the original plus a professional notice while it runs.
- Adobe API charged here — not on upload
The same permanent link now serves a fully compliant PDF to every future visitor. No staff action, no CMS update, no redirect. Ever.
- Same link, forever
Upload your entire collection in one batch. Every document gets a live, published link before a single API call is made.
The most expensive part of remediation — Adobe Acrobat Services is deferred entirely until genuine access. No wasted calls on files nobody opens.
The permanent URL always serves the best available version original while processing, compliant PDF once done. No broken links, ever.
Same pipeline, same compliance report as bulk processing. No quality trade-off every accessed document is fully certified.
- Platform Features
Everything You Need to Achieve and Maintain PDF Compliance
From AI-powered automated remediation to manual post-processing tools and a full compliance dashboard PureData gives your team complete control over accessibility at scale.
Upload one PDF or a full S3 bucket. The engine processes every document in parallel using AWS Lambda no queue waiting, no per-file bottlenecks.
AI detects and applies WCAG-required PDF tags: Document, Sect, P, H1–H6, Table, Figure, List with correct nesting and tag hierarchy for screen readers.
Computer vision models describe charts, diagrams, and images in context-aware language not generic placeholders. Reviewable before final output.
All processing runs within your VPC. Documents never leave your AWS account. Data sovereignty maintained for FERPA, HIPAA, and government compliance.
Multi-column layouts, sidebars, callout boxes, and footnotes are correctly sequenced so screen readers navigate content in the intended reading flow.
Complex merged-cell tables are tagged with TH scope attributes, summary attributes, and header-ID associations per WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 1.3.1.
Document-level and passage-level language tags applied automatically. Title, author, and subject metadata injected to meet PDF/UA clause 7.1 requirements.
Track remediation status, WCAG pass/fail rates, and pending review items across your entire document library from a single dashboard.
Per-document AWS cost breakdown and Adobe API usage metrics so your finance team has the data to forecast accessibility operations budget.
Search by filename, filter by uploader email, role, date range, and compliance status. Combine filters for instant scoped reporting.
AI-generated alt text is surfaced for human review on complex images, charts, and decorative elements with one-click accept or inline editing before publishing.
Add, label, and validate interactive PDF form fields post-processing. Ensures ARIA-equivalent labeling for screen reader navigation of fillable forms.
Every manual edit is logged with timestamp, user, and change type producing a defensible compliance record for audits, procurement, and legal proceedings.
- Implementation Process
From Upload to Compliant PDF in Four Steps
Designed for accessibility teams, IT departments, and document operations managers no developer skills required for day-to-day remediation workflows.
- AWS CloudFormation
- S3 · REST API
- AWS AI
- WCAG 2.1 AA output
- Compliance Standards
Every Standard Your Organization is Legally Required to Meet
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines — the international baseline required by ADA, Section 508, and EN 301 549.
Mandatory for federal agencies and contractors. Revised 508 standards align to WCAG 2.0 AA with additional electronic document requirements.
Courts have ruled that digital documents constitute places of public accommodation. Non-compliant PDFs expose organizations to private lawsuits.
The international standard for universally accessible PDF files. Required for government procurement in multiple jurisdictions.
- Technical Architecture
Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure, Deployed in Your AWS Account
Single CloudFormation template provisions all resources — VPC, Lambda functions, S3 buckets, IAM roles — in under 15 minutes with zero manual configuration.
- AWS Cloud Formation
- VPC
- IAM
Serverless Lambda functions process documents in parallel. Auto-scales to handle batches of 10,000+ files without pre-provisioned capacity.
- AWS Lambda
- S3
- SQS
AWS Textract extracts document structure and text. Custom computer vision models generate context-aware alt text. Adobe Acrobat Services API applies WCAG-compliant PDF tags.
- AWS Textract
- Bedrock
All data encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.3). S3 bucket policies prevent cross-account access. CloudTrail logging on every API call.
- AES-256
- TLS 1.3
- CloudTrail
CloudWatch dashboards track processing latency, error rates, and API consumption. SNS alerts notify admins of processing failures or compliance threshold breaches.
- CloudWatch
- SNS
- X-Ray
REST API and webhook support for integration with SharePoint, Drupal, WordPress, and document management systems. S3 event triggers for automated pipeline ingestion.
- REST API
- Webhooks
- S3 Events
- Who We Serve
Built for Every Organization With a Document Accessibility Obligation
Meet OCR regulations, NPRM 2024 compliance deadlines, and Title II ADA requirements for institutional documents. Protect your accreditation status and avoid Department of Education enforcement actions.
Avg. university document library: 25,000–200,000 PDFs
Serve patrons with visual impairments, dyslexia, and cognitive disabilities through fully accessible digital collections. Meet state library agency compliance mandates and ALA accessibility commitments.
Section 508 required for all federally-funded library systems
Mandatory Section 508 compliance for all electronic documents published or distributed by federal agencies. Avoid DOJ enforcement investigations and Civil Rights Division findings.
Section 508 non-compliance exposes agencies to formal complaints
Accessible patient-facing PDFs satisfy ADA Section 504 obligations for healthcare recipients. Protect HIPAA-compliant workflows with AWS-native processing that never routes PHI to third-party servers.
HIPAA-safe: all processing stays within your AWS VPC
- Frequently Asked Questions
Technical and compliance questions, answered
The engine addresses all document-applicable Level AA success criteria including: 1.1.1 (non-text content / alt text), 1.3.1 (info and relationships / structural tagging), 1.3.2 (meaningful sequence / reading order), 1.3.3 (sensory characteristics), 2.4.2 (page titled), 3.1.1 (language of page), and 4.1.2 (name, role, value for form elements). Complex criteria requiring human judgment such as 2.4.6 headings and labels adequacy are flagged for manual review.
Yes. AWS Textract performs OCR on scanned documents before remediation, extracting the text layer required for structural tagging. For heavily degraded scans, OCR confidence scores are surfaced in the review queue so operators can manually verify extraction quality before the document is published as accessible.
All processing occurs exclusively within your own AWS account and VPC. Documents are stored in S3 buckets you own and control, with server-side encryption (AES-256) enforced by bucket policy. Lambda functions process documents ephemerally no document content is retained in function memory after processing completes. CloudTrail records every API call for audit purposes. For regulated industries, we support HIPAA Business Associate Agreements through AWS native controls.
Adobe Acrobat Services API is the industry-standard PDF manipulation engine used to apply WCAG-compliant structural tags, reading order, and metadata to processed documents. Adobe API costs are passed through at standard Adobe pricing typically $0.05–$0.10 per document at volume. Your admin dashboard shows real-time API call consumption so you can forecast monthly Adobe costs alongside your AWS infrastructure spend.
Yes. The platform exposes a REST API that accepts document upload requests and returns compliant PDF download URLs. S3 event triggers allow documents deposited into a designated S3 prefix to be automatically queued for processing enabling no-code integration with SharePoint, Drupal, WordPress, Hyland OnBase, and other document management systems that support S3 or webhook callbacks.
PureData Cloud produces WCAG 2.1 AA compliant output and generates a documented, timestamped remediation audit trail both of which are foundational to a defensible accessibility program. We always recommend pairing automated remediation with a periodic human audit and legal review. Automated tools address the majority of technical accessibility barriers, but demonstrating good-faith, ongoing compliance efforts is also a significant factor in ADA litigation outcomes.
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