Guides for accessible meeting documents
Practical, sourced guides for clerks and staff who publish agendas, minutes and board packets. If you are new to this, start with the Title II guide, then the packet workflow.
What the ADA Title II web rule means for your PDFs
The April 26, 2027 and April 26, 2028 dates, which meeting documents are covered, the exceptions that matter, and what is still uncertain.
How to publish accessible board packets
A weekly routine for clerks: accessible templates, export settings, scanned and third-party attachments, and a posting checklist.
How to check a PDF for accessibility
What automated checkers can and cannot find, free tools, and a 10-minute manual review with a screen reader.
Tagged PDF, explained
What tags are, why they matter, how to tell whether a PDF has them, and how to add them without starting over.
Alt text for meeting documents
How to describe seals, location maps, site plans, charts and photos, and when to mark an image as decorative.
Scanned PDFs and OCR
How to spot scanned pages, what text recognition fixes and what it does not, and when to ask for the digital original.
Every guide links to its sources, and none of it is legal advice. When you are ready, check your own PDFs; nothing is uploaded.