Diana Kosovacova
Digital Marketing Lead & PDF Accessibility Evangelist
Quick Answer: PDFix Make Accessible is a new, free app in the Enfocus Switch App Store that automates PDF accessibility remediation right inside Switch flow. A PDF comes in, the app tags it, fixes its structure, and outputs a PDF/UA-ready file on Success – no separate tool, no manual pass, no extra step in your process.
Why PDF Accessibility Can’t Wait in 2026
PDF accessibility stopped being optional. The EU’s European Accessibility Act, in force since June 28, 2025, applies directly to customer-facing PDFs; the US ADA Title II rule gives state and local governments until April 24, 2027 to bring digital documents up to WCAG 2.1 AA. Every PDF now needs a real accessibility check, and doing that by hand doesn’t scale. That’s the gap this app closes.
What Does PDFix Make Accessible Do?
PDFix Make Accessible bundles the PDFix SDK command-line engine (pdfix-cli 9.1.0) directly into your flow – no separate PDFix install needed. Once it’s dropped into a flow, it:
- Processes every incoming PDF automatically, no operator required
- Fixes tagging, structure, reading order, metadata, language, title, and bookmarks
- Supports optional layout templates for consistent tagging on recurring document types
- Handles encrypted PDFs when a password is configured
- Outputs a JSON report on every job, so you can see exactly what happened
- Routes anything it can’t fix to the Error connection with a report attached – nothing disappears silently
The app listing is upfront about one limit:
PDFix Make Accessible handles most of the remediation automatically, but you should still validate the output and give it a human check before treating a document as fully compliant. It removes most of the manual work it doesn’t replace the final review
Compatibility & Requirements
| Switch version | 25.11 or higher |
| Platform | Windows, macOS (Intel & Apple Silicon) |
| License | Free app; requires a PDFix SDK license (per-flow or server-wide) |
| Support | pdfix.net/support |
How to Get PDFix Make Accessible in Switch
If you’re on Switch 25.11+, PDFix Make Accessible is a “Get it now” click and a license away from running in a live flow, straight from the Enfocus App Store. With enforcement now underway, this is the easy way to make accessibility an automated step – not a separate project.
