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CommonLook Clarity

Produced by Allyant

Scan your website, intranet, portal, or repository, discovering large volumes of PDFs and testing each one for accessibility. Leverage CommonLook Clarity’s data analytics to identify which PDFs are most frequently accessed, allowing you to prioritize remediation efforts. And continuously scan and assesses newly created PDFs, automatically flagging any that require remediation.

Comprehensive Scanning

  • Automated Scanning: Configure Clarity to automatically scan websites, intranets, portals, and repositories, ensuring thorough coverage of all digital platforms where PDFs are stored.
  • Detailed Accessibility Reporting: Generate comprehensive reports that provide a clear overview of all PDFs, including their current accessibility status, allowing for easy identification of non-compliant documents.

Prioritize Remediation Efforts

  • Data-Driven Prioritization: Leverage Clarity’s data analytics to identify the most inaccessible PDFs, allowing you to prioritize remediation efforts effectively.
  • Resource Allocation: Determine the specific resources required to remediate prioritized documents, ensuring that efforts are focused and efficient.

Ongoing Monitoring & Assessment

  • Proactive Accessibility Checks: As you address your existing backlog, Clarity helps you ensure new PDFs are accessible before they are published, preventing the addition of non-compliant documents.
  • Continuous Scanning: Clarity continuously scans and assesses newly created PDFs, automatically flagging any that require remediation to maintain ongoing compliance.

Continuous Compliance

  • Ongoing Monitoring: After you’ve completed your remediation efforts, Clarity continues to monitor your PDFs to scan them for compliance with accessibility standards, providing peace of mind and supporting sustained compliance.
  • Up-to-date Standards Compliance: Clarity remains up-to-date with multiple accessibility regulations and standards such as WCAG, Section 508, HHS, and PDF/UA, to ensure your documents are tested against the latest requirements.

Documentation and Tracking.

  • Compliance Management: Clarity’s comprehensive reports document all compliance efforts, providing a clear record of progress and actions taken.
  • Detailed Reporting: Clarity delivers a compliance report for each PDF it assesses, providing tangible evidence of your organization’s efforts to evaluate content and build a comprehensive PDF accessibility program.

About Allyant

Allyant was launched in August of 2022 and represents the combination of three globally recognized accessibility solutions companies, including T-Base Communications, CommonLook and Accessible360. Allyant is the market’s leading accessibility solution provider, supporting accessible digital, PDF, and print communications—including braille, tactile, and reflowed large print. Our cutting-edge software and expert support services ensure educational organizations can achieve compliance obligations while meeting the needs of every student and faculty member. Learn more at Allyant.com.


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API / SDK Windows MacOS Linux Cloud / web service Subscription

PDF Type

PDF 1.7 (ISO 32000-1:2008)

Features

View / render Validate PDF/UA
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