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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.", "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.", "build": [ "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": [ { "role": "Anyone publishing reports or notices as PDFs, accessibility reviewers, and teams producing public-sector or educational material.", "situation": null } ], "start": [ { "command": false, "text": "Install with pipx install outloud, then run outloud file.pdf, or open the viewer with outloud --view and drop a PDF in." } ], "caveat": [ "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. 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The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours." }, "ranks": null, "activity": { "pushed_at": "2026-09-18T05:07:32.000Z", "owner_type": "Organization", "open_issues": 0, "contributors": 1, "releases_count": 1, "latest_release": { "tag": "v0.2.0", "published_at": "2026-09-17T12:45:16.000Z", "prerelease": false }, "checked_at": "2026-09-19T22:59:49.768Z", "core_checked_at": "2026-09-19T22:59:49.768Z" }, "signals": [ { "kind": "new", "label": "NEW", "value": "0h OLD WHEN SEEN" } ], "images": { "og": "https://tesign.com/img/outloud-dc98635606.png", "cover": "https://tesign.com/img/outloud-dc98635606.png", "cover_width": 2880, "cover_height": 1800, "gallery": [ "https://tesign.com/img/outloud-dc98635606.png", "https://tesign.com/img/outloud-2093d4e7e2.png", "https://tesign.com/img/outloud-7007975677.png", "https://tesign.com/img/outloud-39f0794078.png" ], "alt": "The outloud window: findings on the left, the marked-up PDF page in the middle, and the screen-reader reading order on the right.", "tier": 2 }, "dates": { "first_seen_at": "2026-09-18T05:45:35.078Z", "source_created_at": "2026-09-18T05:03:28.000Z", "discovery_hours": 0.7019661111111111, "launch_signal_at": "2026-09-18T05:03:28.000Z", "kept_at": "2026-09-19T22:45:27.579Z", "first_published_at": "2026-09-19T22:45:27.650Z", "updated_at": "2026-09-19T22:45:27.621Z", "ingestion_mode": "live" }, "notes": [ "This file was produced by the same build, from the same data, as the tesign.com item page. The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.", "null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.", "Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.", "A summary, not legal advice." ] }