Full Accessibility of the LaTeX Ecosystem

LaTeX is a widely used system for technical and scientific publishing, especially in mathematics, physics, computer science, and other STEM fields. Recent work by the LaTeX Team has improved the accessibility of core LaTeX output, making accessible PDF documents possible without manual remediation work. However, many widely used document classes and extension packages still do not fully support accessibility requirements.

This project addresses that important gap by making major LaTeX extension packages accessibility-ready, using LaTeX’s template model. In the first phase, we will implement accessible heading structures and related document-class support for the most important packages used in scientific publishing. Later phases will extend this work to additional document elements and broader package coverage. The expected final outcome is a more accessible LaTeX ecosystem, allowing researchers, students, publishers, and organizations to automatically produce accessible PDF documents with minimal changes to existing workflows. By improving widely used document classes and extension packages, the project will make accessible scientific publishing possible by default for a broader community, including people with disabilities.