العربية

Arabic PDF remediation · Dubai, UAE

Arabic PDF remediation that screen readers read correctly

Most PDF tools were built for English. Arabic PDFs often come out with reversed letters, the wrong reading order or an English voice. We fix Arabic and bilingual PDF files so blind and low-vision people can read them, and so they meet PDF/UA and WCAG 2.2 AA.

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  • Arabic and bilingual documents
  • PDF/UA (ISO 14289) and WCAG 2.2 AA
  • Checked with real screen readers
  • Team in Dubai since 2023

Why Arabic PDFs fail with screen readers

These are the most common problems we find in Arabic government, banking and university documents.

  • Reversed or broken Arabic letters

    The text has no correct Unicode mapping, so the screen reader reads letters backwards or as symbols.

  • Wrong reading order

    Content is read left to right, or jumps between columns, headers and footers.

  • English voice for Arabic text

    The document language is missing, so NVDA, JAWS or VoiceOver read Arabic with an English voice.

  • No headings or structure

    Titles only look big. Users cannot jump between sections.

  • Tables without headers

    Dates and numbers are read without their column names, so they make no sense.

  • Images without Arabic alt text

    Logos, charts and stamps are skipped or read as file names.

  • Mixed Arabic and English

    Numbers, codes and English words inside Arabic text are read in the wrong order.

  • Scanned pages

    A scanned PDF is only a picture. A screen reader finds no text at all.

Hear the difference

Try our simulation: watch how a sample Arabic government PDF is tagged, then hear how a screen reader reads it before and after.

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What we fix in every Arabic PDF

  • Right-to-left reading order, set and checked by hand
  • Correct Unicode for Arabic letters, so text reads and searches correctly
  • Document language set to Arabic (and English parts tagged as English)
  • Headings, paragraphs, lists and tables tagged correctly
  • Table headers linked to every cell
  • Arabic alt text for images, charts, logos and stamps
  • Decorations, page numbers and repeated headers marked as artifacts
  • Document title, bookmarks and accessible form fields
  • OCR for scanned Arabic pages, checked by a person
  • Final check against PDF/UA and WCAG 2.2 AA

Two ways to make your Arabic PDFs accessible

  • We remediate for you

    Send us your files. Our team fixes them, checks them and sends them back with a short report. Best for urgent work, large backlogs and complex documents.

    Request remediation

  • Do it in-house with our Studio

    The Arabic PDF Remediation Studio is an online tool built for Arabic. After training, your team can make Arabic PDFs accessible themselves. Every document still gets a final human check.

    Ask for a Studio demo

How it works

  1. Send your files

    Share your PDFs. We review them and send a quote and timeline.

  2. Assess

    We check each file for structure, Arabic text, tables and images.

  3. Remediate

    Our specialists tag and fix every page, by hand where needed.

  4. Test

    We test with PAC, Acrobat and real screen readers (NVDA, JAWS and VoiceOver) in Arabic.

  5. Deliver

    You get accessible PDFs and a short report. We can also fix your source Word files.

Who we work with

  • Government entities in the UAE and the Gulf
  • Banks and financial services
  • Universities and schools
  • Healthcare providers
  • Publishers and media

Our clients include TDRA, Awqaf, MOEI and DCT Abu Dhabi.

Questions about Arabic PDF remediation

What is Arabic PDF remediation?

It is the work of fixing an Arabic PDF so that people who use screen readers or braille displays can read it. We add the correct tags, reading order, language, alt text and table headers, and we fix broken Arabic text.

Why does a screen reader read my Arabic PDF backwards or in the wrong order?

Usually the PDF has no tags, the reading order is left to right, or the Arabic letters have no correct Unicode mapping. Many design and export tools create these problems. Remediation fixes all three.

Why is my Arabic PDF read with an English voice?

The document language is not set to Arabic. The screen reader then uses its default English voice. We set the language for the whole document and for any English parts.

Can you fix scanned Arabic PDFs?

Yes. We convert scanned pages to real text with Arabic OCR, then a person checks the result before we tag it.

Do you work with bilingual Arabic and English documents?

Yes. Bilingual reports, forms and circulars are a big part of our work. We set the correct language and reading order for each part.

Which standards do you follow?

PDF/UA (ISO 14289) for PDF files and WCAG 2.2 Level AA. We test with PAC, Adobe Acrobat and real screen readers.

Can our team do this ourselves?

Yes. With our Arabic PDF Remediation Studio and training, your team can remediate Arabic PDFs in-house.

Do you also fix Word, Excel and PowerPoint files?

Yes. We remediate Word, Excel and PowerPoint files too, and we can create accessible templates so new documents start right.

Make your Arabic documents readable for everyone

Tell us how many files you have and what type they are. We will reply with a quote and a timeline.

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