{"id":757,"date":"2018-05-02T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/dabp\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=757"},"modified":"2019-09-10T21:43:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T21:43:27","slug":"voluntary-product-accessibility-template-vpat","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/dabp\/chapter\/voluntary-product-accessibility-template-vpat\/","title":{"raw":"Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)","rendered":"Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)"},"content":{"raw":"<div>A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT as it is commonly known, is a checklist that companies who supply the U.S. government can fill out to document the accessibility of their products. Because a VPAT is completed by the vendor, they have a tendency to present products in a better light than what may actually be the case. As a result, any time you are presented with a VPAT, it is important that a person knowledgeable in web accessibility critically reviews the document.\r\n<div class=\"colorBox toolkit\"><strong>Toolkit:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itic.org\/dotAsset\/db71ce67-c44a-4925-8d46-f8a76c3a1db2.doc\">Download the VPAT 2.1 [DOC]<\/a>\u00a0form and add a bookmark\/favourite to your Tool Kit.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"colorBox sugReading\"><strong>Readings &amp; References:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itic.org\/policy\/accessibility\/vpat\">VPAT 2.1 is now available<\/a>.<\/div>\r\nThe VPAT 2.1 Web and software accessibility requirements are based on WCAG 2.0. VPAT 2.1 also encompasses the <a href=\"http:\/\/mandate376.standards.eu\/standard\">European Union's EN 301 549 accessibility requirements<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.access-board.gov\/guidelines-and-standards\/communications-and-it\/about-the-ict-refresh\/final-rule\/text-of-the-standards-and-guidelines#302-functional-performance-criteria\">Revised Section 508 requirements<\/a> of January 2017.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div>A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT as it is commonly known, is a checklist that companies who supply the U.S. government can fill out to document the accessibility of their products. Because a VPAT is completed by the vendor, they have a tendency to present products in a better light than what may actually be the case. As a result, any time you are presented with a VPAT, it is important that a person knowledgeable in web accessibility critically reviews the document.<\/p>\n<div class=\"colorBox toolkit\"><strong>Toolkit:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itic.org\/dotAsset\/db71ce67-c44a-4925-8d46-f8a76c3a1db2.doc\">Download the VPAT 2.1 [DOC]<\/a>\u00a0form and add a bookmark\/favourite to your Tool Kit.<\/div>\n<div class=\"colorBox sugReading\"><strong>Readings &amp; References:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itic.org\/policy\/accessibility\/vpat\">VPAT 2.1 is now available<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>The VPAT 2.1 Web and software accessibility requirements are based on WCAG 2.0. 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