We deliver more than
software.
Opening Doors to Digital Equality
At RockDoc, we believe access to information is a fundamental human right, yet hundreds of millions of PDFs remain "silent" due to missing tags, a systematic exclusion we are here to end. We bridge the gap between elite research and business intelligence, leveraging 20 years of ISO-level expertise to transform slow, manual remediation into a scalable, industrial reality. Driven by a heart for inclusion, we combine cutting-edge AI with a deep social commitment to ensure the digital transition leaves no one behind.
We don't just tag documents. We open doors.
"I see my goal in creating tools that help the designer or author instead of trying to replace them."
Coming from a document and font engineering background, I am passionate about the intersection between technology and design, not only the fine details of algorithms and file formats, but complete systems and workflows that enable people to achieve their fullest potential.
"Digital inclusion succeeds when technology speaks the language of public administration — and when someone is willing to translate."
As CEO & Sales, Karl Pichler leads the market development of RockDoc Access in Austria, Germany, and across the EU. Over 30 years, he has guided banks, insurance companies, and public authorities through legally demanding digitalisation projects — experience he now applies to translate regulatory requirements into transparent, audit-proof processes.
"My favourite word is convergence. Great stuff can happen when previously unrelated things come together."
Coming from web research at its core, it is my greatest joy to innovate by connecting things, not just technologies, but people and ideas. I am driven by the desire to create tools that help people converge.
"Never give up! Everything is possible if you really want it. Just go for it!"
My passion is building businesses and brands, making them successful and profitable. In 30 years, companies, challenges and teams have changed, but one thing never did: the power of persistence.
Tamir Hassan
Doctoral Thesis
- Hassan, T.: User-Guided Information Extraction from Print-Oriented Documents, Doctoral thesis, TU Vienna (DBAI, supervised by Prof. Georg Gottlob)
2019–present
- Creating accessible and editable PDF documents through intelligent automation
2018
- Hassan, T.: Towards a Universally Editable Portable Document Format. DocEng 2018, Halifax
- Hassan, T.: Workshop on the Future of Scholarly Publishing. DocEng 2018
2017
- Hassan, T., Verges-Llahí, J., Gonzalez, A.: High-Performance Preprocessing of Architectural Drawings for Legend Metadata Extraction via OCR. DocEng 2017, Valletta
2016
- Liu, L., Vernica, R., Hassan, T., Damera Venkata, N., Lei, Y., Fan, J., Liu, J., Slimske, S.J., Wu, S.: METIS: A Multi-faceted Hybrid Book Learning Platform. DocEng 2016, Vienna
- Sahlatnig, R., Hassan, T. (eds.): Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering. ACM (Program Chair)
2015
- Hassan, T., Damera Venkata, N.: The Browser as a Document Composition Engine. DocEng 2015, Lausanne
- Hassan, T., Hunter, A.: Knuth-Plass Revisited: Flexible Line-Breaking for Automatic Document Layout. DocEng 2015, Lausanne
2013
- Göbel, M., Hassan, T., Oro, E., Orsi, G.: ICDAR 2013 Table Competition. ICDAR 2013, Washington DC
2012
- Göbel, M., Hassan, T., Oro, E., Orsi, G.: A methodology for evaluating algorithms for table understanding in PDF documents. DocEng 2012, Paris
- Gabdulkhakova, A., Hassan, T.: Document Understanding of Graphical Content in Natively Digital PDF Documents. DocEng 2012, Paris
2010
- Hassan, T., Hu, C., Hersch, R.D.: Next Generation Typeface Representations: Revisiting Parametric Fonts. DocEng 2010, Manchester
- Hassan, T.: Towards a Common Evaluation Strategy for Table Structure Recognition Algorithms. DocEng 2010, Manchester
2009
- Hassan, T.: Object-Level Document Analysis of PDF Files. DocEng 2009, Munich
- Hassan, T.: GraphWrap: A System for Interactive Wrapping of PDF Documents Using Graph Matching Techniques. DocEng 2009, Munich
- Hassan, T.: User-Guided Wrapping of PDF Documents Using Graph Matching Techniques. ICDAR 2009, Barcelona
Tamir Hassan
Tamir Hassan has been working in the field of document engineering for over 20 years, at the intersection of technology, design and accessibility. He earned his doctorate at TU Vienna on the automatic analysis of PDF documents, worked at HP Labs on cross-platform publishing solutions, and spent four years as a font engineer at Schriftlabor in Vienna. He is a member of the Program Committee of the international ACM DocEng conference and served as Program Chair when it was held in Vienna in 2016. He is also a member of the PDF Association and, since 2019, a delegate of Austrian Standards International on ISO committee TC 171/SC 2, which develops the PDF standard. He currently works as CTO at RockDoc on the automation of PDF accessibility, combining explainable rule-based algorithms, generative AI and targeted user interaction.
Your technology partner for digital inclusion in Europe's public sector
We specialize in helping public institutions across Europe achieve legally compliant digital accessibility, with an enterprise solution built for high document volumes, strict GDPR requirements, complex IT infrastructures, and full audit reliability.
PDF/UA (ISO 14289-1), EN 301 549, WCAG 2.1, EAA, and the national implementation laws across all EU member states.
Your data stays inside your infrastructure, GDPR-compliant and without compromise.
Seamless integration into existing systems and IT infrastructures, independent of the member state.
Deployable from individual departments up to entire ministries or national authorities.
"We don't just deliver software. We build the complete technological infrastructure for an inclusive, EU-compliant digital administration."