Accessible PDF workflows for universities

Inkable Docs provides an outcome-driven workflow for higher education to generate accessible PDFs directly from Google Docs. By aligning with PDF/UA and WCAG standards, we enable accessibility teams and disability services to produce verifiable compliance evidence while ensuring faculty and instructors have fast, easy-to-use tools that don't interrupt their primary research and teaching duties. This streamlined process ensures that course materials uploaded to Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Canvas remain compliant and accessible to all students.

University library or academic building reflecting the institutional focus of Inkable Docs

Who this is for

  • Disability services and accessibility offices
  • Academic departments publishing PDFs and Canvas LMS course materials
  • Central IT and procurement

Compliance and evidence

Inkable Docs evaluates documents against the Matterhorn Protocol and ISO 14289-1 (PDF/UA) standards. We generate detailed accessibility reports and conformance evidence that can be directly mapped to institutional reviews or Learning Management System (LMS) checks. This provides disability services, procurement teams, and instructors with the objective data needed to verify accessibility compliance for every document shared on platforms like Canvas.

Automation vs human responsibility

We automate the technical heavy lifting—structural validation, heading hierarchy checks, and table tag remediation—allowing your team to focus on contextual decisions. While our AI provides high-confidence suggestions for alt-text, the tool maintains a human-in-the-loop workflow for critical accessibility markers.

For large-scale institutional remediation, automated checks and fixes can also be run from the backend or automatically by scanning entire document folders.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about the Inkable Docs add-on and how it keeps your Google Docs accessible. Need more help? Reach out to support@inkabledocs.com.

Inkable Docs evaluates documents against the Matterhorn Protocol and ISO 14289-1 (PDF/UA) standards. We perform real-time structural and semantic checks, including heading hierarchy, table tag validity, and image alt text presence.

Inkable Docs generates detailed accessibility reports and conformance evidence. These reports can be shared with disability services and procurement teams to verify that your documents meet institutional inclusivity standards.

We automate structural validation and provide AI-driven suggestions for alt text. However, we maintain a human-in-the-loop workflow for critical decisions, such as marking an image as decorative or verifying the context of automated fixes.

Procurement officers can review our automated accessibility reports and verified PDF/UA output. This provides objective evidence that documents created with Inkable Docs meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 requirements.

By identifying and fixing accessibility barriers at the source, Inkable Docs reduces the risk of publishing non-compliant documents that could trigger legal challenges or fail institutional audits.

"Used by teams preparing accessible documents at scale."

See capability boundaries for detail on limits of automation.