Accessibility

Accessible Beamer Slides for ADA Title II and WCAG 2.1 AA

Lecture decks made accessible by LaTeX specialists

Beamer can't produce a tagged, accessible PDF, and no setting will change that. We make your LaTeX lecture slides accessible by moving them to ltx-talk, the new accessible presentation class, or by adding an accessible companion document. You keep the editable source, so the work is done once.

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Why Beamer can't produce an accessible PDF

  • Beamer doesn't tag PDFs

    An accessible PDF carries hidden structure (headings, reading order, lists, and figures) for screen readers. Beamer doesn't write it.

  • No fix is planned

    The LaTeX team has said tagging support for Beamer is not planned. ltx-talk, from the LaTeX tagging project, is the accessible replacement.

  • Hand tagging doesn't last

    Tagging the exported PDF in Acrobat is slow, overlay builds scramble the reading order, and every recompile throws the tags away.

  • The fix belongs in the source

    Slides that are revised and taught again each term need accessibility built into the LaTeX, not patched onto the finished PDF.

Two ways we make your slides accessible

  1. Move the deck to ltx-talk

    ltx-talk is the presentation class from the LaTeX tagging project. Its syntax is close to Beamer's, so frames and overlays carry over. We handle what automatic conversion gets wrong: multi-step overlays, staged TikZ diagrams, code listings, and dense mathematics, setting the reading order and figure descriptions by hand. Equations come out as MathML a screen reader can navigate. Best if you will keep teaching from LaTeX slides. ltx-talk was first released in 2025 and needs a current LaTeX with LuaLaTeX.

  2. Add an accessible companion document

    For decks built on custom themes or heavy animation, rebuilding in ltx-talk isn't always worth it. We keep your Beamer slides for projection and produce a tagged PDF or HTML version with the same content for screen reader users. For older material this is often the faster, cheaper, and more useful route for students.

Priced per deck, and lower for a whole course.

A single lecture is a small, fixed-price job. A full course or a department's back catalog costs less per deck, because the setup is shared. Teaching and learning centers use this to clear a program's accessibility backlog without every instructor learning LaTeX accessibility. Every deck comes back as a tagged PDF that meets WCAG 2.1 AA, the editable source, and a note on how to check it with a screen reader.

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Is your Beamer PDF accessible?

Run an exported Beamer PDF through our free accessibility checker. It shows the tagging the file is missing. No form, no email.

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How it works

  1. Send One Lecture

    Through the enquiry form or to help@thelatexlab.com. For a course or catalog, tell us roughly how many decks.

  2. Get a Fixed Quote

    Within 2 business days you get a price per deck and the approach we recommend for your slides.

  3. We Make the Slides Accessible

    By hand, deck by deck, on an agreed schedule, with reading order, figure descriptions, and mathematics checked.

  4. You Verify and Teach

    You or your accessibility office test the tagged PDF with a screen reader, ask for any changes, and keep the source.

Get Beamer Slide Converted to ltx-talk and Make Your Presentation Accessible

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