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outloud

Check if a PDF reads correctly aloud

WHO USES ITAnyone publishing reports or notices as PDFs, accessibility reviewers, and teams producing public-sector or educational material.

Install to use

A PDF accessibility checker that shows what a screen reader would actually say.

★ 7▲ 3 HN

7 stars · checked on GitHub · no 7-day star increase observed (GH Archive) (as of ) · 3 Show HN points observed

NEW 0h OLD WHEN SEEN

The outloud window: findings on the left, the marked-up PDF page in the middle, and the screen-reader reading order on the right.
The outloud window: findings on the left, the marked-up PDF page in the middle, and the screen-reader reading order on the right.
The outloud window: findings on the left, the marked-up PDF page in the middle, and the screen-reader reading order on the right.
The outloud window: findings on the left, the marked-up PDF page in the middle, and the screen-reader reading order on the right.

TESIGN TAKE

The pane headed "read as a screen reader would" does the persuading. Seeing table values announced against silence makes the point faster than any rule id.

INSTALL

AT A GLANCE

LICENSE
Apache-2.0
USAGE
Commercial use, redistribution OK. Keep notices; mark changes.
LANGUAGE
Python
PLATFORM
cli · windows · macos · linux
ACTIVITY
last commit 1 day ago () · latest release v0.2.0 () · 1 release
COMMUNITY
1 contributor · 0 open issues (incl. PRs) · made by: an organization
SOURCES
Show HN
OPEN SOURCE
YES
FIRST SEEN
CATEGORY
DEV TOOLS · PRODUCTIVITY

A summary, not legal advice.

WHY IT MATTERS

The standard checkers are a Windows desktop program and a Java validator, neither of which fits a Mac or a CI pipeline. Both also test whether the keys exist, so alt text reading "IMG_2041.jpg" or an empty header cell still passes. outloud adds a second layer that catches those.

BUILD FROM THIS

  • Python, installed with pipx install outloud. Check a file from the terminal, or open a window with --view and drop PDFs in. Ninety rules (88 implemented, 2 reported as "not run") are split into conformance rules for ISO 14289-1 (PDF/UA-1) and semantic rules; on 58 fixtures and 102 real files the conformance layer agreed with veraPDF on all
  • It emits SARIF for CI, needs no Java, and nothing is uploaded.

WHO IT'S FOR

Anyone publishing reports or notices as PDFs, accessibility reviewers, and teams producing public-sector or educational material.

START IN 5 MINUTES

# Install with pipx install outloud, then run outloud file.pdf, or open the viewer with outloud --view and drop a PDF in.

CAVEATS

  • It says plainly that it is an evaluation, not a certification and not legal advice. Semantic rules are heuristics and can be wrong, colour contrast is not covered yet, and only PDF/UA-1 is tested. The project is only days old.

RECEIPT

FIRST SEEN
AT SOURCE
KEPT
CREATED → FIRST SEEN
0h
WHEN FIRST SEEN
4 ★
SOURCES
Show HN

The same facts in machine-readable form — View as Markdown · JSON

SIMILAR TOOLS

Up to five from DEV TOOLS by ★ total: edited entries first, then repository cards; this entry is highlighted. Drawn from the same stored snapshot as the rankings — a comparison, not a recommendation.

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ponytail.dev landing page: a line-drawn developer with a ponytail on black, the title 'ponytail' and an install button.
ponytailMake your agent write less code★ 143k▲ +563MITpermissive—
Spec Kit docs landing page — the headline 'Build with a spec, fix a bug, or assess an idea' and the uv tool install specify-cli command
Spec KitSpec-first process for coding agents★ 138k▲ +155MITpermissivecli · windows · macos · linux
The outloud window: findings on the left, the marked-up PDF page in the middle, and the screen-reader reading order on the right.
outloudCheck if a PDF reads correctly aloudTHIS ENTRY★ 7—Apache-2.0permissivecli · windows · macos · linux

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