For towns, villages, counties, and special districts in IL, WI, IN, and MO
Your public PDFs, made readable for everyone, at a fixed price.
The U.S. Department of Justice now requires state and local governments to make web content, including the PDFs and forms on their websites, accessible to people with disabilities. We fix your documents, test every file, and show you the results.
The problem, in plain language
Many government PDFs look fine on screen but cannot be read by the screen readers that blind and low-vision residents use. A scanned agenda is just a picture of text. A budget table may be read out as a jumble of numbers. A fillable permit form may have boxes with no names.
Fixing this adds structure behind the page: headings, reading order, table headers, image descriptions, and labeled form fields. The document looks the same. It simply works for more people.
When we sample local government websites, most of the PDFs we check fail basic automated accessibility tests, and many are scans with no readable text at all.
The compliance dates
The rule adopts WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the technical standard for web content and mobile apps under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In April 2026 the Department of Justice extended the original dates to:
Population of 50,000 or more
State and local government entities with a total population of 50,000 or more.
Smaller entities and special districts
Entities with a total population under 50,000, and all special district governments, such as park, library, fire, and water districts.
Sources: ADA.gov fact sheet on the web accessibility rule; Federal Register final rule, April 24, 2024; Federal Register interim final rule extending the dates, April 20, 2026. The rule includes exceptions, for example for some archived and pre-existing documents. Ask your attorney how they apply to you.
What we fix
Everyday documents
- Agendas, minutes, and packets
- Newsletters and notices
- Policies and ordinances
Tables and scans
- Budgets and annual financial reports
- Fee schedules and rate tables
- Scanned paper documents, made into real, searchable text
Fillable forms
- Permit and license applications
- Registration and request forms
- Labeled fields in a logical order
What every fixed file includes
- Tags, headings, and correct reading order
- Table headers that are announced with each cell
- Text descriptions for meaningful images and charts
- Document title, language, and bookmarks for long files
- Passes PDF/UA-1 automated checks, then human-checked against WCAG 2.1 AA
- A test report for every file
How it works
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Step 1: Free snapshot
Send us your website address. We sample your public PDFs and send a short report: how many documents you have, how many fail, and which ones matter most.
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Step 2: Fixed quote
You choose which documents to fix. We quote a fixed price per page before any work starts. No surprises, no hourly billing.
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Step 3: Fixed files and test reports
We return each file ready to post, with its test report. If a delivered file fails the agreed checks within 90 days, we fix it again at no charge.
What we promise, and what we don't
We promise: every delivered file passes PDF/UA-1 automated checks, is checked by a person against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, and comes with a test report. Our 90-day re-fix guarantee covers any delivered file that fails those checks.
We don't promise: "ADA compliance" for your organization. Compliance depends on your whole website, your services, and legal judgments that only you and your attorney can make. We are not lawyers and do not give legal advice.
Start with a free PDF Exposure Snapshot
Find out how many of your public PDFs would fail an accessibility test, and what it would cost to fix the ones that matter. No cost, no obligation, and we never need access to your website.