WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive

How to Read a VPAT and ACR

Intermediate

October 10, 2024 at 04:00 UTC

Session Video

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How do you read a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) and associated Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR)? What are the differences between the Section 508, WCAG and International VPATs? Gian Wild talks through the layout of a VPAT and how to properly interpret the associated ACR. She discusses the red flags, what to do about them and provides some examples of what a good VPAT looks like. Finally, she talks about how you can confirm whether the VPAT is actually correct – determine whether it accurately represents the accessibility compliance of a product.

Speaker

Gian Wild is a white woman in her 40s, although she looks much younger, she has short blonde hair, blue eyes, glasses and a big smile
CEO, AccessibilityOz