PDF Remediation Services

Produced by CurbEffect

CurbEffect — PDF Accessibility Remediation for ADA Title II Compliance

1. Pipeline Build and Intake
2. Backlog Remediation for past PDFs
3. Ongoing Remediation for Current/Ongoing PDFs
4. Validation & QA - Compliance Report for each document plus human review of remediation template
5. Consulting on Source Document Modification for Accessibility

CurbEffect remediates state and local government PDFs — past, present, and future — to conform to PDF/UA-1 (ISO 14289-1) and WCAG 2.1 AA, the standards regulators reference under ADA Title II (28 CFR §§ 35.200–205). Rather than auto-tagging, HTML overlays, or alternate formats, CurbEffect builds a tagging pipeline specific to each client's document formats and backs every deliverable with human review and an independent veraPDF validation report — open-standard verification, not a proprietary compliance score. Remediation addresses both the PDF and its source document, and produces semantically appropriate tags: lists tagged as lists, headings as headings, tables as tables. The work follows the Matterhorn Protocol's 31 checkpoints and 136 failure conditions.

CurbEffect is delivered as a phased engagement, and clients can start at whatever phase fits their situation. Phase 0 (Pipeline Build & Intake) maps the client's formats, terminology, and structure and stands up a tagging pipeline tested with their team. Phase 1 (Backlog Remediation) works through the existing archive — agendas, notices, bills, utility statements, court documents — delivering conformant PDFs with a veraPDF report and audit trail. Phase 2 (Ongoing Remediation Pipeline) remediates new documents as they're published, with no vendor coordination, no turnaround delays, and no per-document negotiation. Phase 3 (Validation & QA) steps CurbEffect back to spot-checking and validation once a client's upstream systems begin producing accessible documents natively — and out entirely when no longer needed.

Every document ships with the same standards-based artifacts: PDF/UA-1 conformance, a veraPDF validation report, WCAG 2.1 AA alignment (structure, alt text, reading order, and color contrast), and manual review of reading order and semantic tagging. Pipelines and templates are maintained as accessibility standards and regulatory requirements evolve. CurbEffect works with entities of all sizes, from small special districts to large municipalities, and scopes each engagement to a fixed number — no meter, no per-document negotiation.

Above all, CurbEffect is a bridge to accessible-by-design, not a permanent dependency: it clears the backlog, puts a live remediation pipeline in place for future documents, and gives client teams the breathing room to build accessibility into their own systems on a realistic timeline — not under deadline panic.

Check out this product on the member website

---

API / SDK Services Cloud / web service Subscription Perpetual

---

PDF/A-1 Tagged PDF PDF/UA-1 WCAG PDF 1.7 (ISO 32000-1:2008)

---

Tagged PDF content available to AT Convert to PDF from other formats Create PDF tags Reflow Remediate Tagged PDF Add, review & markup annotations Edit PDF content OCR Validate PDF/UA