What does doclarity do?

doclarity makes PDFs accessible. It reads each page with AI, rebuilds the tag structure – headings, lists, tables, figures with alt text, links, footnotes and reading order – fixes text contrast to your WCAG target, and returns a PDF/UA file with its validation report. A person reviews the AI's draft in the review editor and has the final word.

PDF/UA (ISO 14289) is the international standard for accessible PDF. It requires a tagged structure that screen readers and other assistive technology can follow: real headings, lists and tables, alternative text for figures, a logical reading order, a document title and language. doclarity produces PDF/UA-1, the version audits usually ask for, by default, and PDF/UA-2 when you choose it.

Do PDFs have to be accessible by law?

It depends on who publishes them, and why. The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) has applied since 28 June 2025 – in Austria as the Barrierefreiheitsgesetz (BaFG), in Germany as the Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (BFSG). It covers products and consumer services such as e-commerce, banking and passenger transport, and with them the PDFs that are part of such a service. Public-sector bodies were already bound by the Web Accessibility Directive (EU) 2016/2102 – in Austria through the WZG, in Germany through BITV 2.0. Both lead to EN 301 549, whose requirements for documents follow WCAG 2.1 at level AA.

Is a document from doclarity automatically compliant?

No tool can promise that on its own, and doclarity doesn't. Every document is validated with veraPDF against PDF/UA and checked against WCAG 2.1 success criteria, and an AI review flags the semantic problems those checkers can't see. Whether alt text says what matters, or a reading order makes sense, is still a person's call – that is what the review editor is for.

Which files can I upload?

PDF, Word (DOC, DOCX), PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX) and LibreOffice (ODT, ODP) – born-digital or scanned. Office files are converted on the way in; OCR and automatic page rotation take care of scans. What comes back is always one tagged PDF.

How much does doclarity cost?

Annual plans run from 1.428 € a year for 1.500 pages (Starter) to 21.480 € for 48.000 pages (Business), including 20 % Austrian VAT (1.190 € and 17.900 € net); Enterprise is priced on demand. Monthly billing costs 20 % more. Analysis and review are free – a page counts only when you download the finished PDF – and you start with 30 free pages, no card needed. Blind and visually impaired people get private access at no cost.

Where are my documents processed?

That depends on how you run doclarity. The SaaS product is hosted in Europe on every plan. On request, it runs on Austrian infrastructure with open-weight models, operated with A1, or as a complete on-premises installation where no document ever leaves your servers. Every processor involved is listed in the privacy policy.

Who is behind doclarity?

doclarity is a product of Klartext AI FlexCo in Vienna, Austria, built with AI Factory Austria (AI:AT) and funded by the Vienna Business Agency and the FFG. Its partners include the Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs, A1 and Exoscale.

information for all

Every PDF readable. By everyone.

AI tags your PDF – you review. Machine-checked against PDF/UA, with contrast measured against WCAG.

See how it works Tag your first PDF

DOCXPPTXODTPDF

PDF/UA

The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025.

PDF/UA · ISO 14289 EN 301 549 WCAG 2.1

The problem

24.9%

Six years after the law required it, only a quarter of federal PDFs are accessible.

~30Mblind or visually impaired readers in Europe are locked out
236 yearsof expert work to fix these files by hand

How it works

Input
Your document
Born-digital or scanned.
- .pdf
- .doc
- .docx
- .ppt
- .pptx
- .odt
- .odp
Contrast target
4.5 : 1 body text · 3 : 1 large text
doclarity
Automatic
Structure
Rebuilt tag by tag, alt text drafted.
Tagged, element by element
- Headings One outline, first page to last
- Text Read in order, other languages marked
- Lists Nested, with real bullets and numbers
- Tables Header scopes, captions, nested tables
- Figures Alt text drafted; logos announced once
- Links Web or in-document, saying where they lead
- Footnotes Tied to their mark, with a way back
- Contents Every entry jumps to its page
- Form fields Each tied to its visible label
- Formulas & code Read as text, not symbol by symbol
- Headers & footers Kept out of what is read aloud
Contrast
Every text lifted to your target.
Interface
Review editor
AI drafts, you decide.
In the review editor
- Add & remove tags Draw a box for a new element; delete, merge or restore
- Re-extract with AI Select part of a page and let AI read it again
- Reading order Drag elements into place, or move them by keyboard
- Alt text Rewrite the draft for figures, formulas and links
- Tables Header cells, rows and columns, merged cells
- Types & levels Change what an element is, or its heading level
- Lists Add or remove items, bullets or numbers per level
- Links & footnotes Set targets; tie footnotes to their mark
- Artifacts Mark what should never be read aloud
- Metadata Title, author, document language
- Undo & restore Step back, or return to the AI's original
Output
Tagged PDF
Validated with veraPDF, report included.
- PDF/UA-1
- PDF/UA-2
PDF/UA Test Report
- PDF/UA-1 or PDF/UA-2 Validated with veraPDF: passed, or the rules still open
- Checks per category Structure, fonts, metadata, language and more, with every failed check
- Contrast Text colors below your A, AA or AAA target, adjusted
- Beyond the checkers Alt text, reading order, headings: what only a person can judge
The report is a tagged PDF/UA-1 file itself.

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Operating models

SaaS, hosted in Europe

Every plan

In the SaaS product your data stays in Europe: hosted in Europe, 100 % GDPR-compliant, no data sharing.

Austrian infrastructure

Price on request

Open-weight models, operated with A1 as our partner. Your data never leaves Europe.

Infrastructure partner

Bye bye, Big Tech.

Data centre in AustriaMore about A1

Your own infrastructure

Enterprise · on request

A complete on-premises installation. No document ever leaves your servers.

Press

A young Viennese team is developing a solution here that gives people with visual impairments equal access to information. That is accessibility put into practice, and with it a contribution to a more inclusive society.

Peter HankeFederal Minister for Innovation, Mobility and InfrastructureQuoted in brutkasten, translated from German

Best Practices AustriaSeptember 24, 2026
AI-powered PDF accessibility (opens in a new tab)
Best practice on the Federal Government's platform.
brutkastenAugust 27, 2026
doclarity: Viennese AI solution for accessible documents already used by more than 70 institutions (opens in a new tab)
translated from German
Trending TopicsAugust 20, 2026
doclarity: Viennese startup receives funding for accessible PDF documents (opens in a new tab)
translated from German

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Pricing

Launch pricing — until 31 December 2026

Sign this year and keep your price for the whole term. We expect prices to rise in 2027.

All prices gross, including 20 % Austrian VAT.

Free
0 €one-off
- 30 pages, one-off
- 1 user
- Review editor
- PDF/UA-1 & UA-2, veraPDF report
- EU hosting & DPA
- With watermark
- Email support
Rather not subscribe?
100 pages 238,80 € (gross)100 pages 199 € (net)500 pages 954 € (gross)500 pages 795 € (net)To the packages
Try for free
Starter
1.428 €/ year (gross)
or 142,80 € / month (gross)
142,80 €/ month (gross)
or 1.428 € / year with annual billing (gross)
1.190 €/ year (net)
or 119 € / month (net)
119 €/ month (net)
or 1.190 € / year with annual billing (net)
- 1.500 pages / year
- 125 pages / month
- ≈ 0,95 € / page (gross)
- ≈ 1,14 € / page (gross)
- ≈ 0,79 € / page (net)
- ≈ 0,95 € / page (net)
- 3 users
- Overage 1,44 € / page (gross)
- Overage 1,20 € / page (net)
- Migration up to 2.500 pages
- Review editor
- PDF/UA-1 & UA-2, veraPDF report
- EU hosting & DPA
- Email support
For small municipalities, associations and single departments
Get started with Starter
Team
4.080 €/ year (gross)
or 408 € / month (gross)
408 €/ month (gross)
or 4.080 € / year with annual billing (gross)
3.400 €/ year (net)
or 340 € / month (net)
340 €/ month (net)
or 3.400 € / year with annual billing (net)
- 5.000 pages / year
- 417 pages / month
- ≈ 0,82 € / page (gross)
- ≈ 0,98 € / page (gross)
- ≈ 0,68 € / page (net)
- ≈ 0,82 € / page (net)
- 8 users
- Overage 1,20 € / page (gross)
- Overage 1,00 € / page (net)
- Migration up to 10.000 pages
- Review editor
- PDF/UA-1 & UA-2, veraPDF report
- Batch upload
- Team sharing
- EU hosting & DPA
- Email support
For teams and mid-size organisations
Get started with Team
Professional
Recommended
7.080 €/ year (gross)
or 708 € / month (gross)
708 €/ month (gross)
or 7.080 € / year with annual billing (gross)
5.900 €/ year (net)
or 590 € / month (net)
590 €/ month (net)
or 5.900 € / year with annual billing (net)
- 12.000 pages / year
- 1.000 pages / month
- ≈ 0,59 € / page (gross)
- ≈ 0,71 € / page (gross)
- ≈ 0,49 € / page (net)
- ≈ 0,59 € / page (net)
- 15 users
- Overage 0,90 € / page (gross)
- Overage 0,75 € / page (net)
- Migration up to 30.000 pages
- Review editor
- PDF/UA-1 & UA-2, veraPDF report
- Batch upload
- Team sharing
- EU hosting & DPA
- Email support
For public administration, universities, banks and insurers
Get started with Professional
Business
21.480 €/ year (gross)
or 2.148 € / month (gross)
2.148 €/ month (gross)
or 21.480 € / year with annual billing (gross)
17.900 €/ year (net)
or 1.790 € / month (net)
1.790 €/ month (net)
or 17.900 € / year with annual billing (net)
- 48.000 pages / year
- 4.000 pages / month
- ≈ 0,45 € / page (gross)
- ≈ 0,54 € / page (gross)
- ≈ 0,37 € / page (net)
- ≈ 0,45 € / page (net)
- Unlimited users
- Overage 0,66 € / page (gross)
- Overage 0,55 € / page (net)
- Migration up to 50.000 pages
- Review editor
- PDF/UA-1 & UA-2, veraPDF report
- Batch upload
- Team sharing
- EU hosting & DPA
- Named contact
For large organisations with high document volume
Get started with Business
Enterprise
On demand
- Volume by agreement
- Unlimited users
- Local model on your own hardware
- Or an Austrian data centre
- Open weights, no US provider
- Pen test & training
- Review editor
- PDF/UA-1 & UA-2, veraPDF report
- Batch upload
- Team sharing
- EU hosting & DPA
- SSO
- Own API endpoint
- On-prem, VPC & DMS integration
- Project team
See the operating modelsContact us

Towards businesses, the net prices govern and VAT is added at the statutory rate. Towards consumers, the gross price governs – it includes 20 % Austrian VAT.

Pages	Price	Effective € / page	Bookable with
1.000	720 €	0,72 €	from Starter
2.500	1.650 €	0,66 €	from Starter
5.000	2.700 €	0,54 €	from Team
10.000	4.800 €	0,48 €	from Team
20.000	9.600 €	0,48 €	from Professional
30.000	11.880 €	0,40 €	from Professional
50.000	19.800 €	0,40 €	from Business

All prices gross, including 20 % Austrian VAT.

Extra pages for an old backlog, on top of your plan. They don't count against your plan's quota and are valid for 12 months from purchase; for consumers the validity period is 36 months.

Good to know

Pay on download: Pages count only when you download the finished PDF, never on upload. Analysis and review stay free.
Free re-runs: Re-process the same document free of charge for 30 days.
Rollover (annual payment only): With annual payment, unused pages carry into the next contract year, up to 25 % of that contract year's quota. With monthly payment they expire at the end of the month.

What happens when your pages run out?

At 80 % we email you. You choose:

Effective immediately; the unused share of what you have already paid is credited.
Extra pages at your plan's rate, within a limit you set yourself.
For a one-off legacy backlog; your plan's quota is not affected.
Once the quota is used up, no further downloads are possible, and nothing beyond it is billed. You can still upload, process and edit. This is what applies if you don't reply.