FileA11y scans PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, and web pages for accessibility violations — at the scale of an entire institution. Built for the people who have to prove compliance, not just claim it.
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Paste a URL list, upload a batch of files, crawl a public website, or mount a server directory. Combine all four in a single scan — FileA11y deduplicates, queues, and reports on every document as one cohesive run.
Paste a newline-delimited list of document URLs. Works for any publicly reachable PDF, Word file, or HTML page.
Drag and drop PDFs, DOCX, and XLSX files directly. Batch uploads up to the size your plan permits — no per-file ceiling.
Provide a seed URL and crawl depth. FileA11y discovers linked documents automatically and respects robots.txt.
Point FileA11y at a mounted path on your network. Ideal for legacy document archives that were never put on the web.
No vague severity scores. No proprietary grading. Your coordinators get the exact criterion number, plain-language description, and document location — the same vocabulary they already use with auditors.
Figure on page 4 (/Figure[3]) has no alternative text. Screen readers will announce this as an unlabeled image. Add a text alternative describing the policy flowchart's purpose.
Table on page 7 uses visual formatting to convey headers but lacks <TH> structure. Assistive technology cannot associate data cells with column headings.
Body paragraphs on pages 2–5 use #6e6e6e on #ffffff. Ratio is 3.8:1; AA requires 4.5:1 for text under 18pt. Darken to #595959 or below.
Link "click here" appears on page 9 without surrounding context that clarifies its destination. Use descriptive link text such as "read the full reporting policy".
Document metadata does not specify a primary language. Set /Lang to the appropriate BCP 47 tag (e.g. en-US) so screen readers select the correct pronunciation profile.
Accessibility coordinators, IT compliance officers, and web managers don't need another polished consumer app. They need a tool that handles scale, exposes the standard, and produces defensible evidence.
Hundreds of findings across dozens of documents, grouped, filterable, and sortable without pagination gymnastics.
UI · ReviewIn-progress runs refresh every five seconds. Documents appear as they're discovered, so you can start reviewing before the crawl finishes.
Engine · LivewireEvery finding ships with its exact WCAG 2.1 criterion ID and official title — the same language your auditors speak.
Standards · 2.1 AAEnterprise single sign-on out of the box. No consumer signups, no shadow accounts — you control access through your IdP.
Auth · SAML 2.0Organization data is siloed at the database level. Org name displays on every scan, and no user can ever see another tenant's documents.
Security · TenancyPaginated runs with status, document counts, and timestamps. Compare scans over time to prove measurable improvement.
Audit · EvidenceAuthenticate through your institution's SAML identity provider. No personal accounts, no password resets.
Combine URLs, uploads, crawls, and directory paths in a single run. Name it something your auditor will recognize.
Documents appear as they're discovered. Progress auto-refreshes; cancel in-flight runs without data loss.
Browse findings grouped by document, filter by criterion or severity, and archive the run as evidence of due diligence.
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Tell us about your environment — how many documents, which types, what deadlines you're working against — and we'll schedule a 30-minute walkthrough with a working scan of one of your own sources.
Or reach us directly at hello@filea11y.com.