CivAll
Document Compliance Automation

Every document accessible. Automatically.

CivAll automatically converts every PDF on your website, old and new, into an accessible document. Setup takes minutes of your team's time.

  • One line of code added to your website.
  • All documents automatically indexed and transcribed.
  • Every document is accessible and compliant.
Staff member reviewing documents on a laptop

Built for document accessibility requirements

  • WCAG 2.1 AA
  • ADA Title II
  • Section 508
Key Features

Compliance for you. Clarity for residents.

Every document opens in a reader that helps residents understand it. They can search it, listen to it, ask it a question, translate it, or read it comfortably on any phone.

Accessible view, one click away

Residents can read the original, print-friendly PDF or switch on the accessible view, built for people who are blind, have low vision, or rely on assistive technology. It's the same official document, not a separate copy.

Document outline

Headings are detected automatically, so residents get an outline and jump straight to the section they need. They can also search for any word without downloading the file.

Mobile-friendly

PDF content reflows to fit any screen, so residents can read on a phone without pinching and zooming. Text size, dark mode, and contrast adjust too.

Read it to me

Press Listen and the document is read aloud. It also works with the resident's own screen reader.

Ask a question

Residents ask in plain language and get an answer drawn from the document itself.

Translate

Residents switch the whole document into another language with one click.

How It Works

Set it up once. CivAll handles the rest.

Making PDFs accessible by hand is slow and never ends. CivAll Documents does the work in the background, on every PDF you have and every one you post next.

Step 01

Add one line of code

Add a single line of code to your website once. It works on CivAll Sites and on websites built on other platforms.

  • No document uploads needed
  • Live in a couple of days
  • Staff keep publishing as usual
Step 02

It checks every document

CivAll pulls in every PDF already on your site and runs each one through an accessibility checker.

  • Your whole library, found automatically
  • Every document checked against WCAG 2.1 AA
  • Nothing for staff to tag or track
Step 03

It fixes them for you

Structural issues are corrected on their own, like large text that should be a heading. Anything that needs a person is flagged.

  • Headings and reading order set for you
  • The original document made accessible, not a copy
  • Issues that need a person sent to the Workbench
Step 04

It keeps up with every new PDF

Post PDFs the way you always have. CivAll finds each new one on its next scan, checks it, and fixes it automatically.

  • Nothing new for staff to learn
  • New uploads caught automatically
  • Residents get the accessible reader on any device
Real Documents

Built for the documents you actually publish

Agendas, rate tables, reports, and minutes. Here's what CivAll Documents does with the kinds of PDFs local governments post every week.

Council agenda packets · example
✓ Made accessible
Original PDF in a PDF viewer: page 1 of 142 of a City of Oakwood council agenda packet, with the city letterhead and seven numbered agenda items in capital letters.
Accessible view of the same agenda packet: an outline on the left with Staff report highlighted, and the staff report on the right as a real heading with its recommendation. Labels read Headings and Outline for all 142 pages.
Original PDF in a PDF viewer: page 3 of a City of Oakwood 2025 annual water quality report, with a table of substances, limits, levels detected and abbreviated units.
Accessible view of the same report: an outline on the left with Substances detected highlighted, and the table on the right with clear column headers and units spelled out, such as parts per million. Labels read Table headers and Abbreviations spelled out.
Original PDF in a PDF viewer: a City of Oakwood water and sewer rate schedule, with a table of customer classes, base charges and three rate tiers under merged column headers.
Accessible view of the same rate schedule: an outline on the left with Rate schedule highlighted, and a table on the right whose headers each name their tier, such as Tier 1, up to 5,000 gallons. Labels read Merged headers made readable and Units spelled out.
Original PDF in a PDF viewer: page 2 of City of Oakwood planning commission minutes, with a variance request and the roll-call vote run together in one paragraph.
Accessible view of the same minutes: an outline on the left with Item 4, Variance highlighted, and on the right the motion with the vote listed line by line: ayes 3, nays 1, absent 1, motion carried. Labels read Votes kept exact and Headings.
Original PDF in a PDF viewer: a City of Oakwood bid tabulation for a park restroom replacement, with a wide table of three bidders, base bids, two alternates, totals and bid bonds.
Accessible view of the same bid tabulation: an outline on the left with Bid results highlighted, and a table on the right of bidders, base bids and totals with column headers, followed by the apparent low bidder. Labels read Column headers and Every figure kept.
Original PDF in a PDF viewer: page 7 of a City of Oakwood fire department annual report, with a paragraph on calls for service and a bar chart of calls by type.
Accessible view of the same report: an outline on the left with Calls for service highlighted, a real heading and paragraph on the right, and a note that the chart was sent to the Workbench so staff can add a one-sentence description. Labels read Headings and Chart flagged for a description.

Sample documents for illustration

Hands-Off

Take document compliance off your plate

Here's what your team stops doing once CivAll Documents is running.

Without automation

  • Fixing PDFs by hand, one file at a time
  • Tracking which files are accessible
  • Re-checking every new upload
  • Taking documents offline to stay compliant
  • Hiring outside help for remediation projects

With CivAll Documents

  • Structural fixes made automatically
  • Every PDF checked and tracked for you
  • New PDFs caught automatically
  • Your whole library stays online
  • Anything left waits in one ranked list
Peace of Mind

Stay ahead of accessibility complaints

Under ADA Title II, residents can take action when a public document shuts them out, and PDFs are where many government websites fall short. CivAll Documents keeps your library accessible in the background, so you can answer accessibility questions with confidence instead of scrambling.

  • Every PDF checked, old and new
  • No outside remediation contracts to manage
  • Fewer barriers that lead to complaints
  • Every resident can open every public document
Going Forward

New documents start out accessible

Documents you create directly in CivAll Documents are accessible from the first draft. They're built that way, not corrected after the fact, so they never land in the Workbench and your backlog stops growing.

  • Accessible from the first draft
  • Nothing to correct later
  • One official version of every document
One Platform

Part of the CivAll suite

Use CivAll Documents on its own, or alongside CivAll Sites on the same platform, with one login and one support team.

  • SitesBeautiful, fast and accessible websites
  • SocialSocial media publishing, listening and analysis
  • ArchiveCompliant social media archiving
  • DocumentsAutomated document accessibility complianceYou are here
  • One login
  • One U.S.-based support team
  • Publish once, reach everywhere

See how CivAll Documents pairs with our accessible website CMS.

FAQ

Document Compliance FAQs

Very little. Your web team adds one line of code to your website once. After that, CivAll Documents finds every PDF, checks it against WCAG 2.1 AA, and fixes what it can automatically, including new PDFs as you post them. Your team only steps in when something needs a person, like describing a chart, and the Workbench lists those in order of how often residents open them.

Your team's to-do list
✓Add one line of code to your websiteOnce
✓Keep publishing PDFs as usualNothing new to learn
Describe a chart or photo when the Workbench asksOnly when needed
Everything else, from finding PDFs to fixing them, happens automatically.

Ready to hand off document compliance?

See CivAll Documents check your own PDFs. Teams can be live in a couple of days.

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