BeyonDoc has created a competence center designed to meet the requirement to adjust PDFs for customers to the PDF/UA format, which is the informal name for ISO 14289 (the international standard for the accessibility of PDF technology).
The Legge Stanca 2004 (a regulation instructing public entities to facilitate the access of people with disabilities to IT instruments), the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882 of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services) and, finally, the Decreto Legislativo 82/2022 of 27 May 2022 (implementing the Directive (EU) 2019/882) extends to all economic operators the requirements of accessibility concerning marketed products and IT services as of 28 June 2025. Legal entities offering services to the public through websites or mobile applications and having an average turnover of more than € 500 million in the last three years of activity are required to adapt to the provisions set out in Law 4/2004 (concerning the compliance with the accessibility requirements) by 5 November 2022.
The compliance guidelines have been issued by AGID https://www.agid.gov.it/it/design-servizi/accessibilita/linee-guida-accessibilita-pa
The term “accessibility” identifies an IT system’s ability to provide services and information without discriminating people with disabilities who require particular configurations or assistive technologies. Usability is a concept defined and regulated by particular ISO standards.
BeyonDoc has created a competence center designed to meet the requirement to adjust PDFs for customers to the PDF/UA format, which is the informal name for ISO 14289 (the international standard for the accessibility of PDF technology).
BeyonDoc’s competence center has developed the PDF/UA Manager solution, which can be used to ensure the accessibility of PDFs generated by document composition applications or, more broadly, mixed sources.
Thanks to this tool, the financial institution can handle the compliance journey required by regulations as far as facilitated documents are concerned.
The solution is built on the development of algorithms used to automatically insert in PDFs the elements screen readers need to make a document accessible in its key features.