Paul Rayius
VP of Strategic Accessibility | Customer Success & Training
PDF/UA-1 compliance failures slow down accessibility teams – especially when they appear across dozens of documents at once. PDFix Desktop 3.0 solves this with a fully automated batch workflow: validate every PDF against ISO 14289-1, identify validation errors, and fix them in a single run – without touching files one by one.
What is PDF/UA-1 validation and why does batch processing matter?
PDF/UA-1 (ISO 14289-1) defines the technical requirements for accessible PDF documents – covering tagged content, language metadata, logical reading order, and document structure. Validating one file is straightforward. Validating fifty is where most tools fail. PDFix Desktop 3.0 processes entire folders simultaneously, surfacing every failure with its exact clause reference, test number, and ISO specification, so remediation teams always know precisely what to fix.
4-step batch validation and auto-fix workflow in PDFix Desktop 3.0
PDFIX DESKTOP 3.0 – BATCH WORKFLOW
1. Add PDF files or folders to the batch panel
PDFix displays tagged status alongside columns you configure yourself – choose from language, page count, size, security, and more – giving you exactly the file overview you need before running any action.
2. Run PDF/UA-1 validation to identify all compliance errors
The PDFUA-1 validation checks content tagging, natural language entries, logical structure, and metadata – with clause-level error detail for every failing file.
3. Tag all files using the AutoTag action
Batch auto-tagging applies correct tags across the entire batch – fixing untagged content and incorrectly tagged content alike. Enable the Overwrite option to replace existing tags with new, accurate ones across every document simultaneously.
4. Apply PDF/UA-1 standard and confirm valid output
Set the PDF/UA-1 identification schema across all output files. Re-validation confirms every document is now compliant.
Does PDFix Desktop 3.0 meet Section 508 and EU Accessibility Act requirements?
Yes. PDF/UA-1 (ISO 14289-1) is the technical standard underpinning Section 508, WCAG, and the EU Accessibility Act for PDF documents. Output files validated as compliant in PDFix Desktop 3.0 are directly suitable for regulatory submission across all three frameworks.
Try PDFix Desktop 3.0 free
Full-featured, no sign-up, no credit card – batch validate & fix your PDFs for PDF/UA compliance in one single view.
Saved files include a watermark in the free version.
