WCAG Reports

What is WCAG compliance?

WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) is an international standard for making web content accessible to people with disabilities. The Accessible PDF Converter targets WCAG 2.1 Level AA, which covers requirements for visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive accessibility.

When your document converts, the system automatically evaluates the output against WCAG criteria and attempts to fix any issues it finds.

Understanding the WCAG score

Each completed file shows a percentage score on its dashboard row:

• 100% — Fully compliant. All evaluated WCAG criteria pass. The file displays a WCAG AA badge.
• 70% or above — Mostly compliant with some issues remaining. Displayed in amber.
• Below 70% — Significant issues remain. Displayed in red.

The score decreases by 10 percentage points for each remaining violation. Most documents achieve 100% after automatic fixing.

Reading the ACR report

The ACR Report (Accessibility Conformance Report) is a detailed HTML document you can download from the expanded file row. It contains:

Compliance summary

A top-level overview showing whether the document is Compliant or Has Issues, along with counts of:

• Pass — Criteria that were evaluated and met
• Fail — Criteria that were evaluated and not met
• Warning — Criteria that may need manual review
• Fixed — Issues the converter detected and automatically repaired

Evaluated rules table

A table listing every WCAG rule that was checked. Each row shows:

Column	Description
Result	Pass, Fail, Warning, or Fixed
Rule ID	The WCAG success criterion (e.g., 1.1.1)
Description	What the rule checks for
Fix Applied	What the converter did to resolve the issue, if anything

Fixes applied

A summary of all automatic repairs, grouped by type. Common fixes include:

• Adding missing alt text to images
• Correcting heading hierarchy (ensuring proper h1 through h6 nesting)
• Adding language attributes
• Fixing color contrast issues
• Adding table headers and captions
• Repairing list structure

Remaining violations

Any issues the converter could not automatically fix are listed here with:

• The WCAG rule ID and description
• A link to the relevant WCAG documentation for manual remediation guidance

Using ACR reports for compliance

ACR reports are designed to serve as compliance documentation. You can:

• Attach them to procurement responses — Many RFPs require WCAG conformance documentation
• Include them in accessibility audits — The report format follows the standard VPAT structure
• Track improvement over time — Compare reports from successive conversions to see progress

This view is primarily useful for debugging or understanding why a particular document scored the way it did.