About Webarch
Making content accessible, structured and ready for what comes next
The story behind Webarch started long before the product
In 1979, Textalk founder Henryk Rubinstein worked together with Göteborgs-Posten to create what became the world’s first digital newspaper for blind and visually impaired readers.
It started with a real problem: information that existed, but was not accessible to everyone.
That idea – using technology to remove barriers between people and information – has followed Textalk ever since. Over the decades, the work expanded into digital newspapers, text-to-speech, braille production, publishing systems and new ways of structuring and distributing content.
Webarch is one result of that journey.
From accessible publishing to Webarch
Our founder Henryk, together with Göteborgs-Posten, launches the world’s first digital newspaper for the visually impaired.
1979
Together with Helsingborgs Dagblad, Textalk develops technology that enables newspapers to publish news digitally on the web.
1995
Textalk develops WebNews, a digital publishing tool for school and association newspapers.
2003
Textalk launches a text-to-speech service for news and articles and delivers Swedish daily newspapers for visually impaired readers through a government assignment.
2012
Textalk takes on the maintenance and further development of Dotify, technology for generating braille in real time.
2018
Textalk is entrusted by Nota, part of The Danish Royal Library, to make weekly magazines accessible for visually impaired readers in Denmark.
2022
Webarch brings content structuring, conversion, quality assurance and distribution together – making content accessible, reusable and ready for multiple formats and channels.
Today
Built on experience, focused on what comes next
That experience still shapes what we want to achieve today: preserve valuable content, make it accessible to more people and keep it useful as formats and technologies change.
Preserve what matters. Make it ready for what comes next.
What guides us
Preserve what matters
Valuable content should remain useful even as formats, systems and technologies change.
Make information accessible
Content should be easier to access and use, regardless of how people read or interact with it.
Make content work harder
Structured content should be reusable across formats and channels without repeating the same production work.
People are part of the process
Technology can automate much of the conversion process, but quality still requires experience, judgement and review.
That is why Webarch combines technology with people and flexible workflows – whether you work independently, with partners or with our production team.
What is Webarch?
Webarch is a content transformation platform for document conversion, content structuring, quality assurance and distribution.
It helps publishers and organizations transform source content such as PDFs, EPUBs and InDesign files into structured digital formats for accessibility, publishing, archiving and distribution.
Webarch supports workflows including EPUB, DAISY, HTML, XML and JSON and can be used directly, integrated into existing production or combined with managed conversion services.