Observed arrival · 2026-11-03

pdfxray makes PDF damage inspectable

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An open-source macOS PDF debugger that links rendered page elements to tags, reading order, glyphs, content-stream operators, and raw objects.

Landing page captured for the 2026-11-03 issue.

For: PDF accessibility testers and document developers
Worth noticing: It links a page glyph through its content-stream operator and tag to the underlying PDF object.

Field notes

The inspector is presented as a set of linked views: rendered page, structure tree, content stream, and PDF objects. Its examples identify issues such as a caption preceding its figure in reading order and missing alternative text. The site also describes speech previews across several reader modes, while explicitly marking modes beyond the specification as approximations.

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○OpenPublic substance visible

✦PrettyNotable craft visible

●ProPolished or operationally mature

◎NicheUnusually specific use

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