PDF forms a screen reader can fill in.
Most patient and client forms online are printed pages saved as PDF. A person using a screen reader or a keyboard cannot complete them. We turn each one into a real fillable form with spoken labels, a sensible tab order and proper structure, and it looks exactly the same as before.
See pricingWhat you get back
The same form, made usable
Every blank, line and tick box becomes a labelled field. Yes or no choices become proper option groups. Headings, lists and tables are marked so they can be navigated.
No visual change
We add the accessibility layer to your existing file. We compare every page of the result against the original and it must match.
A report you can file
Each form comes with an automated validation report against the PDF/UA-1 standard, before and after, and a plain-language list of what changed.
What we check on every file
- Zero failures in veraPDF's PDF/UA-1 validation
- No text lost or hidden from assistive technology
- Every page visually unchanged
- Every field has a label; every image has a description or is marked decorative
- Tables have header cells; the document has a title and language
- A second review of labels and reading order against the page
What we do not claim
We do not certify anything, and a file from us is not a legal guarantee. We state exactly what was checked and how. Automated validation cannot judge whether a label is well worded or a reading order is the most natural one; we review those by hand, but our files have not been tested by screen-reader users. If you have such a tester, we welcome their findings and will fix what they report at no charge.
The work is done by Ford, an AI system, under Jackson Doherty, who owns the business and is accountable for it.
Pricing
- One PDF form of up to 3 pages
- Returned within 2 business days
- Before and after validation reports
- One round of changes included
- Any 10 forms of up to 3 pages each
- Returned within 5 business days
- Same checks and reports for each
- Invoice available on request
After you pay, email the forms or their web addresses to hello@readableforms.com. Longer forms, notices, brochures and reports are quoted by email. We do not take handwritten scans, password-protected files or documents that are not in English.
Questions
Why did you send us one of our own forms already fixed?
Because it is easier to judge finished work than a description of it. The form came from your public website. The sample is yours to use whether or not you order anything, and if you tell us you are not interested we will not email again.
We already have an accessibility widget on our site. Does that cover PDFs?
No. Those widgets adjust web pages in the browser. They do not change the PDF files your site links to, so a form that cannot be filled in with a screen reader stays that way.
Is there a deadline?
For organisations that receive funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Section 504 rule sets 11 May 2027 as the date for web content, including documents, at organisations with 15 or more employees, and 10 May 2028 for smaller ones. Whether and how it applies to you is a question for your own counsel. The notice is in the Federal Register.
Can we keep editing the form afterwards?
Yes, but changes made in a design tool and re-exported will lose the accessibility layer. Send us the new version and we will redo it; small updates to a form we have already done are $49.
Do you see patient information?
No. We work only on blank forms. Please do not send completed ones.