The FormVu 2026.05 release introduces a new useFormVuSigning flag that brings native signature support directly to converted HTML5 forms. Users can now type, draw, or upload signatures within the browser, which are then automatically embedded as appearance images when saved back to PDF.
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HANCOM has open-sourced an AI auto-tagging feature in OpenDataLoader PDF that automatically writes accessibility tags directly into existing PDF documents, running on-premise with no per-page or per-document limits.
For those who attended PDF Week London 2026 last week, we hope that you had a great time – and thank you! For those who did not… check out what you missed!
JLB Informatique becomes Calico France and joins Calico IIM, a European Intelligent Information Management group alongside GedZilla, FileStream, and LM-Kit.
callas software announced DocuPost as a new OEM Partner.
Coherent PDF Command Line Tools (Cpdf) version 2.9 brings new functions to detect and remove JavaScript, create PDF portfolios, reprocess JPEG2000 images, and process metadata streams. Extensions to existing functions include extracting attachment data in JSON format, processing lossless CMYK images for compression, and extracting soft masks, optionally combining them with their extracted images.
Auto-tagging plays a critical role in making PDFs accessible. Without tags, a PDF is just visually positioned text. Assistive technologies cannot reliably interpret layout, hierarchy, or relationships between elements.
Public authorities in Germany are failing on PDF accessibility. A new study finds that only 9.5% of documents on public sector websites can actually be used by people with disabilities, with the majority containing errors or being structurally inaccessible from the start.
Continual Engine shares perspectives on how publishers are transitioning from fragmented remediation efforts to scalable accessibility infrastructure ahead of evolving ADA Title II expectations. The release explores workflow-level accessibility strategies, automation, and long-term management of complex PDF ecosystems.
