Accessible LaTeX PDFs

To get an accessible PDF, make sure everything is completely up to date, and as the very first lines in your TeX file:

\DocumentMetadata{tagging=on,lang=en-US,pdfstandard=ua-2,
 tagging-setup={
  % math/alt/use, % uncomment for Ally
  math/setup=mathml-SE
 }
}

PDF resource (start here)
its TeX source
2025-08-27 department colloquium
- PDF presentation
- its TeX source
2025-10-11 MAA presentation
- PDF presentation
- its TeX source
  - included ltx-footer example
How to update your LaTeX
The basics
Status of individual packages and classes
Tools to check that your pdf is accessible:
- PDFix (GUI only)
- VeraPDF (not great for locating problems)
- PAC (PDF1.7/UA-1 only)
- Ally's accessibility checklist
If Ally complains about missing headers: use \section* or this TeX.SE answer
Other resources collected by UND librarians
Tools to read the created pdf (see this TeX.SE answer for the latest), you will need NVDA or JAWS (both of which require Windows), the MathCat add-on, and one of
- Adobe
- Foxit
- (maybe) Firefox
A talk from July 2025's TeX conference showing an example