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Two public meeting agendas, remediated as unsolicited samples. The City of Cameron and the West Travis County Public Utility Agency are not clients and have not reviewed or endorsed this work.

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City of Cameron City Council agenda

September 8, 2026. Two pages, published as a scan.

Before
Original scan of the top of page 1 of the Cameron agenda: the title block, the meeting notice paragraph, and agenda items 1 to 5. No outlines; the file has no tags. Page 1 of 2
After
The same part of page 1 in the remediated file, with outlines. Each line of the title block, the notice paragraph, and the text of each agenda item is outlined and labeled P, for paragraph. Only the numbers 1 and 2 are labeled LI, for list item. Nothing is labeled as a heading. Page 1 of 2

Both files look the same. The outlines show the tags stored in the remediated file. Full-size outlined image of Cameron page 1

ProblemA scan with no text layer and no tags. A screen reader had nothing to read.
FixAdded recognized text (590 words), tags, a title, and a language. Corrected seven passages against the scan.
ResultPassed veraPDF’s automated PDF/UA-1 checks. 0 changed pixels against the original.

Not yet done: headings, screen-reader test, bookmarks.

Full checks, tools, and limitations
Document
Special council meeting agenda, City of Cameron, September 8, 2026. Two pages. Published as a scanned image.
Original issue
  • Image-only scan: no text could be selected, searched, or read aloud (0 words extractable).
  • No tags, no document title, no language setting.
  • Failed 6 of veraPDF’s PDF/UA-1 rules, including “content shall be marked as artifact or tagged as real content.”
Work completed
  • Added a recognized-text layer (OCR), which made 590 words available to search and screen readers.
  • Added tags, the title “City of Cameron City Council Agenda, September 8, 2026,” and the language (English).
  • Marked the full-page scan images as decorative, so the text is not announced twice.
  • Corrected the spoken text of seven passages, including the meeting notice, the public hearing item, the tax ordinance item, the posting certification, and the City Secretary’s name.
  • Marked four handwritten marks as decorative. The tagger had labeled two of them as headings.
Automated checks performed
  • Passed veraPDF’s automated PDF/UA-1 checks (veraPDF 1.30.3, run October 24, 2026).
  • Both pages rendered and compared with the original: 0 changed pixels.
Manual checks performed
I compared OCR words flagged by the checker (low-confidence words, numbers, and dates) against the scanned image. Seven passages were corrected as a result.
Known limitations
  • No headings. The agenda title is tagged as ordinary paragraphs, so a screen reader user cannot jump to it by heading.
  • The numbered agenda items are not tagged as one numbered list. Most are separate paragraphs.
  • The recognized text has not been proofread word by word against the scan.
  • No screen-reader or keyboard test has been done yet.
  • No bookmarks.

The tags, as stored

The start of the remediated file’s tag tree. Whole file: 41 paragraphs, 2 lists, 0 headings.

  • Document
    • P CAMERON CITY COUNCIL
    • P TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
    • P 3 more title lines
    • P Notice is hereby given…
    • P Call to Order
    • L
      • LI
        • Lbl 1
        • LBody .
      • LI
        • Lbl 2
        • LBody .
    • P Invocation
    • …

West Travis County Public Utility Agency board agenda

September 17, 2026. Five pages, published as a digital PDF.

Before
Original page 1 of the West Travis County PUA agenda, upper part: the title Notice of Meeting, the TO line addressed to the Board of Directors, the meeting notice paragraph, a boxed note in italics about public comment, and agenda items I to III. No outlines; the file has no tags. Page 1 of 5
After
The same part of page 1 in the remediated file, with outlines. The two-line title is labeled H1, a heading. The TO line, the notice paragraph, the sentence about matters to be considered, and the public comment note are each labeled P, for paragraph. Agenda items I, II and III are each labeled LI, for list item. Page 1 of 5

H1 is a heading, P a paragraph, LI a list item. Full-size outlined image of West Travis County PUA page 1

ProblemSelectable text, but no tags, no title, and no language setting.
FixAdded tags, a title, and a language. Retagged the “TO:” line as a paragraph. Marked the signature images decorative.
ResultPassed veraPDF’s automated PDF/UA-1 checks. 0 changed pixels; 1,143 words, none lost. The tag review was done by an AI assistant. I have not yet confirmed that review myself.

Not yet done: section headings, screen-reader test, bookmarks.

Full checks, tools, and limitations
Document
Board of Directors notice of meeting and agenda, West Travis County Public Utility Agency, September 17, 2026. Five pages. Published as a digital PDF with selectable text.
Original issue
  • No tags, no document title, no language setting.
  • Failed 6 of veraPDF’s PDF/UA-1 rules, including 740 pieces of untagged content.
Work completed
  • Added tags, the title “West Travis County PUA Board Meeting Agenda, September 17, 2026,” and the language (English).
  • Changed the “TO: The Board of Directors…” line from a heading to a paragraph. It is a salutation, not a section title.
  • Marked the page 5 signature as decorative. It was stored as seven image pieces labeled “image 1” to “image 7”; the typed name and title below it are read instead.
Automated checks performed
  • Passed veraPDF’s automated PDF/UA-1 checks (veraPDF 1.30.3, run October 24, 2026).
  • All five pages rendered and compared with the original: 0 changed pixels.
  • Text compared with the original: 1,143 words, none missing and none added.
Manual checks performed
The tag outlines on all five pages were reviewed against the page images by an AI assistant, which made the two changes above. I have not yet confirmed that review myself.
Known limitations
  • Only one heading in five pages: the agenda title. Sections such as “I. Call to Order” are tagged as list items, so a screen reader user cannot move between sections by heading.
  • Whether the lettered items under sections V and VI are nested correctly is unresolved and needs a screen-reader check.
  • No screen-reader or keyboard test has been done yet.
  • No bookmarks.
How these results were measured
  • veraPDF 1.30.3, PDF/UA-1 profile, run on the exact files linked on this page.
  • Render comparison: every page of the original and the remediated file rendered at 100 dpi and compared pixel by pixel.
  • Word comparison: text extracted from both files and compared word by word. Not possible for the Cameron scan, whose original has no text.
  • OCR, tagging, and these checks ran on my own computer with open-source tools. The one exception is the AI-assisted structure review of the West Travis County PUA agenda described above.

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