In this lesson you
- Saw a library and the status of every document in it
- Saw what the machine fixes, and what a person decides
- Saw a certificate, and the page that verifies it
Transcript
The problem
What Ockem Proof does. Most organizations publish hundreds of PDFs, and many of them can't be used by someone who relies on a screen reader. Ockem Proof finds those problems, fixes what a machine can, and certifies the result. You pay per document, and only once it's certified. The yardstick is WCAG 2.1 AA, the accessibility standard most public organizations are held to. It's a list of separate requirements, and Proof checks every document against each one.
Where your library stands
The first thing you'll want to know is how far you are from done. Home answers that. The large number is the share of your documents that are compliant, meaning they meet the standard today. The rest come in two kinds. Failed means Proof found at least one confirmed violation. Needs review means nothing has failed, but a person still has to check something only a person can judge. The Library lists those documents one by one, with what each still needs. To fix means confirmed problems remain. To review means questions are waiting for a person.
Machine work, and human judgment
So who does the work? Open a document, and it's laid out as five steps across the top. The first, Auto, is Proof's automatic pass. It fixes what a machine can decide alone, like the tags a screen reader follows, the title, and the language. It leaves a receipt. Under Fixed, it lists every problem it repaired. If it can't fix something, it lists that separately, for a person. The next three steps hold the questions only a person can answer. Objects asks what each picture shows. Proof drafts a description, and a person accepts or corrects it. Reading asks whether each page reads in the order a sighted reader would follow. Visibility asks whether the text can be seen, for instance whether its colors are too faint. The last step, Certify, holds any final checks. One is whether color is ever the only way something is shown, like a chart key in red and green.
Certified
When nothing is left, someone with approval rights chooses Approve and certify. That locks this version of the file and issues the certificate. It's also the moment the document is counted against your balance. Pricing has its own lesson. At the top, the certificate states the verdict, and beside it one number: the issues still open in this exact file. Below it, every requirement carries a mark, showing what Proof verified and what it fixed. And it states plainly what it does not claim. That last part matters. A certificate states what was checked. It is not a legal guarantee.
Anyone can check it
A certificate is only worth something if others can trust it. So anyone can confirm it's genuine, without an account. The verification page also shows the file's fingerprint, a code unique to the certified PDF. If the file someone received gives the same code, they know it's the exact file Proof certified.
Where to go from here
Now you know what Proof does for you, what it leaves to your people, and what its certificate promises. To see it on one of your own files, try it free. To see your whole website at once, take the free assessment. Each has its own lesson.
Recap
That's the end of this lesson.
Maple Ridge Community Health, its documents and its people are fictional, made for these lessons.