Accessible presentations from first draft to PDF/UA export

QuickPoint is built for educators meeting today's accessibility mandates — WCAG 2.2 AA, and the laws that require it in the US, EU, UK and Canada — and it goes further where it counts, with AAA-level contrast and target sizes throughout.

Accessible at every step

  1. Create

    Write in plain text — no visual canvas, no drag-and-drop. Blind and low-vision educators author independently, entirely by keyboard.

  2. View

    The shared link is screen-reader-first: real headings, spoken slide changes, audible chart data, and a reader panel with contrast, rulers and 4× text — no plugins.

  3. Export

    The PDF is genuinely tagged — structure tree, alt text, scoped table headers, charts as data — and passes veraPDF PDF/UA-1 validation with zero failures.

A confirming PAC 2024 report on the PDF export is scheduled as part of our third-party audit.

Accessibility proof numbers

0 veraPDF PDF/UA failures across every export check
28 automated accessibility tests on every viewer release
4× reader-controlled text scaling in every shared deck

How the deck you share compares

Most tools' accessibility statements describe the editor. Your audience never sees the editor — they get the shared link or the export. This is where the artifact your audience receives stands, tool by tool.

✓ Built in, by default◑ Possible with manual work✗ Not available? Not documented by the vendor

Accessibility of the shared deck, by tool (checked August 2026)
In the deck your audience receives… QuickPoint PowerPoint Google Slides Canva Gamma
Accessible without a manual remediation pass ✓ yes ◑ manual work ◑ manual work ✗ no ✗ no
Screen reader can read the chart's data ✓ yes ◑ manual work ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no
Real headings, lists and table semantics in the web deck ✓ yes ◑ manual work ◑ manual work ? not documented ? not documented
Slide changes announced to screen readers ✓ yes ? not documented ? not documented ? not documented ✗ no
Alt text stored with the image, reused across every deck ✓ yes ◑ manual work ◑ manual work ◑ manual work ◑ manual work
Reader controls: contrast, reading ruler, text size ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no
Tagged, structured PDF export ✓ yes ◑ manual work ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no
Accessibility of the output documented and testable publicly ✓ yes ◑ partial ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no

Competitor entries checked August 2026 — these products change.

Sources & how we checked

Competitor entries draw on the vendors' own documentation: Gamma's accessibility statement scopes to its signed-in web app and lists accessible exports as "exploring"; Canva documents that exported PDFs are not PDF/UA or WCAG conformant; WebAIM lists Canva and Google Slides under "no/poor tag structure" for PDF export; PowerPoint can produce good output with its Accessibility Checker once reading-order and export settings are applied by hand. Spotted an error? Tell us and we'll fix it.

See it — and hear it — for yourself: our accessibility demonstration deck shows every element type while describing what assistive technology receives. Turn on your screen reader and press ?.

The full technical detail

For accessibility reviewers: the complete feature-by-feature detail, expandable below — or go straight to our Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT 2.5 INT edition — WCAG 2.2 AA, Section 508, EN 301 549).

Authoring application — the full checklist
  • Text-based authoring. No canvas, no drag-and-drop required — everything you create is real, structured text.
  • Full keyboard operability. Every control is a genuine button with a visible 3px focus indicator, and a skip-to-content link jumps keyboard users straight to the editor.
  • Screen-reader-first structure. Semantic HTML5 landmarks, labelled navigation groups, and ARIA tab patterns with arrow-key navigation.
  • Live announcements for what's happening. Saves, link copies, AI responses, and editor actions are spoken by screen readers without stealing focus.
  • AAA-level text contrast.Exceeds AA A 7:1+ contrast palette across the interface — beyond the AA requirement.
  • Comfortable click and touch targets.Exceeds AA 40px+ on all controls, meeting the AAA target-size guideline.
  • No images of text anywhere in the UI.Exceeds AA Every label is real, zoomable, translatable text (AAA criterion 1.4.9).
  • Standard formatting shortcuts. Ctrl/Cmd+B, I, and U — no mouse needed to format.
  • Required alt text on every uploaded image. The upload won't proceed without a description.
  • Respects your system preferences. Reduced motion disables animations, and high-contrast mode is supported.
Published viewer — screen-reader tested, line by line

In August 2026 we rebuilt the published viewer around real listening sessions with VoiceOver, then locked every fix in with an automated accessibility test suite that runs on each release. What your audience gets when you share a QuickPoint link:

  • Slides announce themselves. Turning a page speaks "Slide 3 of 13" through a polite live region, and focus lands on the slide's first heading so reading continues from the top.
  • Real structure, everywhere. Headings are headings, lists are lists with correct nesting and numbering, tables announce their column headers with every cell.
  • Charts you can hear. A screen reader gets the chart's summary sentence first; the full data table sits one keypress away behind a "See chart data" button — visible to everyone, not just assistive tech.
  • The keys you already know. Arrows, Space, Page Up/Down, Home and End — plus ? for a shortcuts card, exactly like the tools you use every day.
  • Nothing hidden leaks, nothing visible is missing. Off-screen slides are sealed from the tab order and screen readers; decorative rules and spacing are silent; every media frame is named.
  • Tested like we mean it. A 28-test regression suite covering both orientations, plus an axe-core WCAG scan of every page of our demonstration deck, runs before every viewer release.
Reader accessibility panel — every option
  • A built-in accessibility panel for every viewer. No plugins, no requests to the presenter.
  • High-contrast mode and themes. Preset themes plus fully custom text and background colors.
  • Reading ruler, scrim, and color tints. Sepia, soft blue, mint, Irlen-style filters, or fully custom.
  • Text size up to 4×. A size multiplier that applies to all content.
PDF export — the full tagging detail

The same structure a screen reader gets on the web, preserved in the file you hand out:

  • A real structure tree. The document is marked as tagged, carries its language, and titles itself with your presentation's name.
  • Headings on every slide. Navigable by assistive technology, not just bigger text.
  • Your alt text travels with the export. Images are tagged as figures carrying the descriptions you wrote — not filenames.
  • Tables keep their headers. Header cells are marked with column scope, so a screen reader announces "Length (km): 1,790", not a bare number.
  • Lists are lists. Bullets and numbered items export as real list structures, nesting included.
  • Charts export as their data. A chart becomes its summary sentence plus the underlying data as a fully tagged table — the reader of your PDF gets the numbers, not a flat picture of them.

A dedicated in-app Accessibility Tour demonstrates all of the above, live in the product. QuickPoint doesn't just document its accessibility — it walks you through it.

Put this in front of your accessibility office

Our conformance report is written to be read line by line — or send us the review form your institution uses and we’ll complete it.

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