kris Are VPATs for websites? My interpretation is that VPATs are traditionally not for websites. However, depending on the scope of the product or service, VPATs may include websites. So let’s go over this from the two primary sources: we have the Information Technology Industry Council who are actually the creators of the VPAT and on … Read more
I’m on containerstore.com and what’s important is the- there is a link at the very top, in small gray font, on the right labeled, “enable accessibility”. And so when you enable accessibility a more accessible version of the website is rendered. Now the website, the homepage as we’re on, it looks exactly the same, nothing … Read more
I am on ADA.gov and I am screen recording the post entitled, “Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA” and this was published by the Department of Justice, the DOJ. And the Department of Justice is very important on the topic of website accessibility because they are the federal agency that regulates and enforces Title … Read more
VPAT stands for Voluntary Product Accessibility Template and this is a template that vendors fill out and deliver to procurement officers as a part of the ACR or Accessibility Conformance Report. So we’ll get to that in a second, but a VPAT speaks to and represents a product or service’s accessibility. And so this is … Read more
100% of reputable accessibility professionals are against overlays for accessibility on a website. And when I speak of overlays I’m referring to the widgets that you could install on a website and that when clicked present an array of supposed accessibility options. They don’t work. They have never worked. The idea that they actually make … Read more