Observed arrival · 2026-09-06
Document Accessibility Institute Counts the PDFs Cities Leave Behind
A public-site audit service inventories government documents, checks them for screen-reader structure, and prices repairs per page.
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The site describes a three-stage workflow: crawl a public website, test its documents for tag structure, reading order, and actual text, then rebuild selected files and provide a written audit letter. Its pilot report card estimates results from a 3,000-page crawl and random sample of 200 documents. Published rates distinguish standard text documents, complex layouts and forms, and scanned files without a text layer, while older documents are separated from those currently used to access services.
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