Create accessible PDFs with AI

barrierefrAI PDF Pro is the direct self-service platform for accessible PDF output.

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You are guided step by step through the process and receive accessible PDF output.

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Upload PDF · Generate AI structure · Download accessible file – Try our tool now for free!

Marketing infographic for “barrierefrAI PDF Pro” with the headline “Accessible PDFs. Automatic. AI-powered.” The graphic explains that the tool creates WCAG-compliant and PDF/UA-certified documents in minutes. It compares common PDF accessibility problems, such as missing alt text, unrecognizable nested tables, missing screen reader structure, and inaccessible tourism content, with proposed solutions including detailed alt text, structured tables, semantic HTML for screen readers, and WCAG 2.1 AA compliance. Additional feature boxes highlight time savings of up to 95 percent, intelligent structuring, automated image descriptions, legal compliance, data protection, maximum flexibility, and batch processing for large document volumes.

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You are guided step by step through the process and receive accessible PDF output.

Upload PDF · Generate AI structure · Download accessible file

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Real example: Structure complex PDFs for accessibility

See for yourself: From inaccessible PDFs with complex diagrams to structured, accessible HTML

✕ BEFORE: Inaccessible

Problems:

  • Complex diagrams without alt-texts
  • Nested tables not recognizable
  • No structure for screen readers
  • Tourism content completely inaccessible

✓ AFTER: accessibility-ready structure

✅ Solution:

  • Detailed alt-texts for all elements
  • Structured tables with descriptions
  • Semantic HTML for screen readers
  • Structured toward WCAG requirements

★ HYBRID-PDF: The Best

📄
Original Layout
+ PDF/UA
IN ONE FILE

★ Benefits:

  • Original layout fully preserved
  • Invisible PDF/UA structure embedded
  • Ready for PAC-3 & veraPDF checks
  • One file for all audiences

Transformation in 8 minutes

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3 pages
Complex tourism brochure
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5 diagrams
With detailed descriptions
🏷️
45 alt-texts
Automatically generated
⏱️
8 minutes
Instead of 8+ hours manually

95% time savings: From “Bad Belzig – The Thermal Brine Spa” became an accessibility-ready HTML output with precise image descriptions, table analyses and semantic headings.

★ PDF/UA Hybrid

Layout and Text Version in One File

PDF/UA Hybrid combines the original visual layout with the accessible text version (PDF/UA) – one file for all audiences.

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Visible Layer

The exact original layout – exactly as your document should look

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Combined in 1 File

PAC-3 and veraPDF validated – ISO 14289-1 compliant

Invisible Layer

Complete PDF/UA structure – for screen readers and assistive technologies

Semantic QA

Not only PDF/UA-compliant. Also semantically checked.

barrierefrAI does not only generate formally valid PDF/UA files. The processing also checks whether the accessible structure matches the visible document: reading order, tables, lists, links, image content and complex layouts.

Reading order

Multi-column documents, legal sub-items and visible reading sequences are checked for plausibility.

Tables & pseudo-tables

Real data tables, table-like layouts and tables embedded as raster images are handled differently.

Links, QR codes, status

Visible URLs, QR context, checkboxes, status chips and form-like areas remain understandable.

Beyond PAC

Technical validation is complemented by semantic stress tests that expose typical AI remediation errors.

Tested on complex real-world documents, including multi-column insurance conditions with a table of contents, tables, lists, exclusions, references and a glossary.

6 AI Features that change everything

Our AI combines modern analysis with 81 customization options for different documents and audiences.

NEW

1. 3 Alt-Text Detail Levels

Choose the right level of detail for your image descriptions:

Compact: Professional & precise
📏 Short: Focused & essential
📖 Detailed: Comprehensive & thorough
NEW

2. 9 Languages worldwide

Automatic AI translation of all PDF content and alt-texts:

🇩🇪 German
🇬🇧 English
🇫🇷 Français
🇪🇸 Español
🇮🇹 Italiano
🇳🇱 Nederlands
🇹🇷 Türkçe · 🇺🇦 Українська · 🇵🇹 Português
NEW

3. Easy & Plain Language

Better accessibility through different language complexity levels:

Standard: Professional technical language
Plain Language (B1): Short sentences, simple words
Easy Language (DIN SPEC): Maximum accessibility

4. Guided process with 81 options

Upload PDF → Choose settings → Generate accessible PDF output. For many standard cases without a manual project process.

5. Multilingual AI Vision

Gemini Vision AI automatically recognizes images, diagrams and graphics. Generates precise alt-texts in 9 languages and 3 detail levels.

6. Smart Dashboard

Complete tracking of all processing jobs. Dashboard with history, status updates and download links.

Processing Guarantee

We are confident in our AI. Should a result not meet your expectations – for example with incorrect text order or inappropriate image descriptions – we will manually review the result.

Simply send us your original document and the generated file. We’ll take care of a solution and credit back your used credits.
Request manual review

Accessibility through AI:
The future is now

What used to take days can now be prepared in minutes. Accessibility becomes much more efficient.

8x
Faster start
PDF/UA
Output format
24/7
Available
€0
Entry point

Enterprise & Complex PDFs

Do you have particularly complex or extensive PDFs? Do you need tailored solutions for your organization?

Individual consultation for:

  • Technical documentation with complex diagrams
  • Scientific PDFs with special formulas
  • Multilingual documents
  • Enterprise solutions with API integration
  • Bulk processing for document archives

Privacy & GDPR

⚠ Important Notice

Do not upload internal documents or PDF files containing personal data. Our public platform is designed for general content.

GDPR-compliant Alternative

  • Local AI installation on your servers
  • On-premise solutions for maximum data security
  • Full GDPR compliance
  • Individual offers according to your requirements
barrierefrAI PDF Pro – Feature Status & Roadmap

Feature status and roadmap of barrierefrAI PDF Pro: available features, features in development, and planned features.

Available
  • PDF/UA-compliant tag structure (verified with veraPDF, PAC & Acrobat)
  • Images tagged as Figure with real alt texts
  • Charts with a data table as fallback
  • Tables with header cells, scope & cell association
  • Lists, captions, table of contents, headings
  • Page numbers, headers & footers as artifacts
  • Anchored bookmarks, document language, PDF/UA identifier
  • Accompanying HTML version as accessible alternative
In development
  • Clickable, linked table of contents within the document
  • Search, highlighting & commenting on the visible text (position-accurate text layer)
Planned
  • Dedicated footnote tagging (Note / Reference)
  • Automatic detection of decorative images
  • Optimization of complex, multi-column layouts
  • Refinements: document title convention & logo handling

Layout is preserved pixel-perfect · manual final check for reading order & color contrast recommended

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