A11yPDF

Validate PDF accessibility remediation with PAC in one click

Problem

Teams and freelancers must deliver accessible PDFs (WCAG, PDF/UA), but after remediation they have no easy way to prove it actually passes. A recent Show HN for a PDF remediation tool emphasized that you can 'verify the improved score with PAC before and after' — meaning verification itself is a distinct, painful step. Today it's manual: open PAC, inspect every failure one by one.

Solution

A local-first CLI/desktop tool that runs PAC against a PDF, produces a before/after diff report (score, failing checks, fix hints), and supports batch processing plus CI integration with an exportable compliance artifact.

Users

Government contractors, universities, freelance accessibility consultants, and documentation teams who must ship compliant PDFs

MVP

Wrapper around PAC CLI for single-PDF checks; before/after HTML comparison report; batch folder scan; GitHub Action / CI template; one-click export of compliance evidence

Revenue

Per-seat subscription for consultants/teams, or pay-per-validation API; open-source core with paid CI integration

Why now

Accessibility regulations (European Accessibility Act, US Section 508) are becoming mandatory, yet the validation toolchain is still fragmented. A solo dev can wrap PAC's free engine into a polished workflow without competing head-on with Adobe.