VPAT GUIDE

VPAT Guide

Essential Requirements Authors Best Practices Authors Posting the Final Document Table Information for VPAT® Readers

VPAT Versions

VPAT 2.2 - WCAG

VPAT Guide

Please carefully review the Essential Requirements and Best Practices before completing the VPAT and generating an Accessibility Conformance Report.

The purpose of these instructions is to promote accurate and consistent reporting of product accessibility information.

The VPAT is a template used to document a product's conformance with accessibility standards and guidelines. The purpose of the Accessibility Conformance Report is to assist customers and buyers in making preliminary assessments regarding the availability of commercial "Electronic and Information Technology," also referred to as “Information and Communication Technology” (ICT) products and services with features that support accessibility.

The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) provides the VPAT. Use of the template and service mark does not require membership in ITI.

Essential Requirements & Best Practices

This section provides guidance for reporting product conformance for major accessibility standards and guidelines using the VPAT ® to produce the Accessibility Conformance Report. Deviating from these guidelines precludes vendors from referencing the template by name and/or the VPAT acronym

Getting Started

  1. Before creating a report, read all of the materials provided in this document.
  2. Determine which accessibility standards/guidelines will be included in the product conformance report and use the appropriate VPAT file.
  3. It is the vendor’s responsibility to maintain the integrity of the data in the report.

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