Your documents don't change. Who can read them does.

An invisible accessibility layer for every government PDF. Same document. Now readable by everyone. No training, no Acrobat Pro, no consultants.

DOJ Title II web accessibility (28 CFR 35.200) — WCAG 2.1 AA compliance dates:

April 26, 2027Public entities with population of 50,000 or more.
April 26, 2028Public entities with population under 50,000, and special district governments.

Both dates were extended by one year on April 20, 2026 by DOJ interim final rule (Federal Register 2026-07663).

WCAG 2.1 AA

Standard targeted

PDF/UA-1

Output format

Same PDF

Visually identical

Self-service

No expert required

How it works

Three steps. Zero expertise needed.

Upload

Drop any PDF — scanned or digital. Board minutes, budgets, permits, reports.

Cloak

AI adds an invisible accessibility layer — headings, tables, alt text, reading order. Same document, now compliant.

Verify & Download

Visual tag inspector. Screen reader preview. Compliance report. Download the tagged PDF.

Built for your team

A different experience for every role.

Same platform, personalized for how each person works. No accessibility expertise required from anyone.

County Clerk

Day-to-day operator

Upload PDFs — drag and drop, batch supported
One-click cloak — no decisions to make
Green checkmark when it passes compliance
"Listen" button — hear what a screen reader hears
Project boards to organize by department or month
"You cloaked 23 documents this week"

IT Director

Executive oversight

Compliance dashboard — 71% cloaked, on track for deadline
Team activity — who's doing what, documents per week
ROI dashboard — see time and budget saved vs manual remediation
One-click board report — PDF summary for the county board
Shield upgrade — auto-cloak every PDF on the website
Billing management — usage, invoices, tier upgrades

ADA Coordinator

Compliance & audit

Audit readiness checklist — every WCAG criterion verified
Visual tag inspector — see exactly what was tagged
Screen reader preview — hear the document read aloud
Timestamped audit trail — who, when, what, for every document
Evidence package — one-click DOJ-ready compliance proof
Review queue — AI flags uncertain tags, you approve or correct each one
Product

Cloak

You upload. You review. You cloak.

For county clerks who need accessible documents on their own schedule. Drop a PDF, get it back with an invisible accessibility layer. Review it with the tag inspector and screen reader preview. Download and publish.

AI-powered tagging — structure detected automatically, AI resolves ambiguities
Human-in-the-loop — AI flags uncertain tags, your team reviews and approves. Every decision auditable
Visual tag inspector — colored overlays show every tag. No Acrobat Pro needed
Screen reader preview — click Listen, hear exactly what a blind person hears
Compliance reports — WCAG 2.1 AA + PDF/UA validation, exportable
Template learning — recognizes recurring layouts, processes faster over time
Board_Minutes_March_2026.pdf100%
56 pages3,516 tagsCLK-20260405-A3X7
Tags:
Heading
Text
Table
Figure
H1 Douglas County Department of Corrections
P TO: Commissioner Rodgers...
P FROM: Michael Myers, Director
H2 Enclosure 1: Administrative Services
TH Personnel Services | Purchased Services | Supplies
10/10 checks passed
SHIELD MONITORING
Live
94%7,520 / 8,000 PDFs
🛡️

Budget_Q2_2026.pdf auto-cloaked (24 pages, 100%)

2 min ago

📄

New PDF detected: Permit_Application_047.pdf

14 min ago

🔍

Crawl completed — 8,000 PDFs found, 7,520 cloaked

1 hour ago

Sheriff_Monthly_March.pdf — 100% compliance verified

3 hours ago

Compliant since April 2, 2026Avg time to cloak: 4 min
Product

Cloak Shield

We handle everything. You sleep at night.

For IT directors who need site-wide coverage and audit-ready proof. Shield crawls your website 24/7, detects every PDF, cloaks them automatically, and maintains a timestamped evidence trail. Your team does nothing. New documents are cloaked minutes after publishing.

Website crawler — auto-discovers every PDF on your site, every 24 hours
Auto-cloak — new PDFs tagged within minutes of publishing. Zero manual work
24/7 monitoring — alerts if any uncloaked PDF appears. Coverage gaps caught instantly
Timestamped audit trail — who published, when detected, when cloaked, version history
DOJ evidence package — one-click export: coverage %, timeline, methodology, full audit log
Replaces multiple tools — no Acrobat Pro, no JAWS, no accessibility consultant

Who we serve

Built for government. Expanding to education and beyond.

County Government

Counties under 50,000 population have a WCAG 2.1 AA compliance date of April 26, 2028.

Board minutes, budgets, permits, legal filings
DOJ Title II rule (28 CFR 35.200) requires WCAG 2.1 AA
Tagged PDF output that matches PDF/UA-1 structural requirements
Self-serve workflow — clerk uploads, reviews, downloads

K-12 Schools

Public school districts and special district governments have a WCAG 2.1 AA compliance date of April 26, 2028 under DOJ Title II.

Same DOJ Title II rule as small counties (28 CFR 35.200)
School board minutes, policies, parent-facing forms
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act also applies to recipients of federal funds
Same tool, same workflow as the county product
FUTURE SCOPE

Federal Agencies

440 agencies under Section 508.

Section 508 — federal ICT accessibility since 1998
Refreshed 2017 to align with WCAG 2.0 AA
Requires FedRAMP authorization for SaaS vendors
SOC 2 → StateRAMP → FedRAMP roadmap in progress

Why Cloak

Your clerk can use it on day one.

Every competitor requires trained accessibility specialists. We built Cloak for the 50,000 county clerks who were just told to "make the PDFs accessible."

ManualEquidoxCommonLookCloak
Total cost$$$$$$$ + license$$$ + license$
Training neededWeeksDaysDaysNone
Speed (56-pg doc)4-8 hours1-2 hours2-4 hours< 5 minutes
Self-serviceNoPartialNoYes
Acrobat ProRequiredNoRequiredNo
Built-in auditorNoLimitedLimitedFull
Human review queueManual onlyNoNoBuilt-in
Gets smarterNoNoPartiallyYes
Auto-monitor siteNoNoNoShield

Pricing

Start with Cloak. Upgrade to Shield when ready.

One toggle to upgrade. No new contract. No IT involvement.

Cloak

You control it.

From $749/mo

1,500 pages included

  • Upload & download tagged PDFs
  • Visual tag inspector
  • Screen reader preview
  • Compliance reports
  • Project boards with batch operations
  • Document triage wizard
  • Team management with roles
RECOMMENDED
Cloak Shield

We handle everything.

From $1,499/mo

1,500 pages included

  • Everything in Cloak, plus:
  • Website crawler — auto-detect all PDFs
  • Auto-cloak new documents within minutes
  • 24/7 monitoring with gap alerts
  • Timestamped audit trail for every document
  • DOJ-ready evidence package (one click)
  • Replaces Acrobat Pro + JAWS + consultant

All plans include backlog remediation. Volume discounts available. Counties can pay via PO, NET 30, or credit card.

Built for the DOJ Title II compliance dates.

Request a demo today. We'll cloak your first document live in under 5 minutes.

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Cloak

The invisible accessibility layer for government documents.