PDF remediation services for government: ADA Title II and PDF/UA
ClearPage Access remediates PDFs for US cities, counties, clerks and special districts so they meet WCAG 2.1 AA under the ADA Title II web rule, validated against PDF/UA-1 (ISO 14289-1) with veraPDF.
Who it's for
- City and county clerks posting agendas, packets and minutes
- ADA coordinators planning for the April 26, 2027 / April 26, 2028 deadlines
- IT and web teams with thousands of legacy PDFs to triage
What's included in every remediated PDF
- Full tag tree, reading order and tab order
- Document title, language and PDF/UA identifier
- Alt text for meaningful images; decorative content marked as artifacts
- Table headers, tagged links and bookmarks
- OCR for scanned pages
- veraPDF PDF/UA-1 report and a short list of manual checks
Proof
An 11-page City of San Diego Council agenda went from 12 failed rules and 109 failed checks to 0 in veraPDF PDF/UA-1. Reports: before · after.
Pricing
| Option | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | Free | One PDF up to 25 pages |
| 10-document pack | $149 | Agendas, minutes, forms |
| Full-site PDF audit + fix plan | $1,500 one-time | Inventory of up to 1,000 public PDFs, ranked |
| Monthly remediation | $750/mo | New PDFs fixed within 48 hours, up to 300 pages/mo |
Invoice and purchase orders accepted (Net 30).
How ClearPage helps
- Free: one PDF (up to 25 pages) remediated, with before-and-after veraPDF PDF/UA-1 reports.
- $149: 10 documents, up to 25 pages each.
- $1,500: full-site PDF audit and ranked fix plan (up to 1,000 files).
- $750/mo: ongoing remediation of new and changed PDFs within 48 hours, up to 300 pages a month.
Sources
- ADA.gov: First Steps Toward Complying with the Title II Web Rule (compliance dates as extended in April 2026)
- DOJ interim final rule, Apr. 20, 2026
- 28 CFR part 35, subpart H
Last reviewed 2026-10-20.