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Can Section 508 Compliance Improve EdTech Products in Addressing Accessibility?

What is Section 508 compliance? Section 508 compliance is an ecosystem of initiatives or activities aimed at ensuring that federal agencies make sure that the information and communication technology (ICT) they create, acquire, maintain, or use allows people with disabilities to access and use information and data. VPAT Section 508 compliance in EdTech The use […]

Testing for 508 Compliance: Creating Doors For Digital Inclusion

What is digital inclusion? Digital inclusion refers to the ecosystem of initiatives to guarantee that all people and communities, particularly people with disabilities, have access to and use the available information and communication technology (ICT). It consists of five essential components: a cost-effective and reliable broadband Internet connection; connected devices that can be used by […]

VPAT report example: Understanding ACR dynamics and the pass scoring criteria

What is a VPAT report?   A VPAT report, also known as a VPAT accessibility conformance report (ACR), is a duly filled out voluntary product accessibility template (VPAT) explaining how an information and communication technology (ICT) product or service such as software, hardware, electronic content, or support documentation conform to the established standards and guidelines […]

Effortlessly create a VPAT 2.4 ACR using our voluntary product accessibility template report example

What is a VPAT 2.4 ACR? A VPAT 2.4 ACR is an accessibility conformance report (ACR) created using the most recent version of the voluntary product accessibility template (VPAT) that was launched in February 2020. The VPAT 2.4 template includes the European Union (EU) EN 301 548 accessibility standard for publicly procurable information and communication technology (ICT) […]

VPAT consultations: How they help to ensure accessibility compliance based on comprehensive assessme

Securing VPAT accessibility for your ICT products or services   During your conversations with customers about purchases, do they request voluntary product accessibility template (VPAT) reports? Have you used the appropriate accessibility VPAT to undertake thorough VPAT assessment of the information and communication technology (ICT) products you’re discussing with the customers?   Making sure that your ICT products and […]

2023 VPAT Certification: Why and How to File Your Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

What is VPAT certification? VPAT certification is the process of measuring the extent of an electronic and information technology (EIT) product’s or service’s compliance with the established accessibility standards that are regarded as best practices in delivering accessibility to people with disabilities: the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the Revised Section 508 compliance checker, and the […]

How To Enhance Loyalty With Digital Accessibility In Finance

Digital banking saves time and offers the convenience of doing it from anywhere. The recent demographics of North America revealed steady growth in the number of users who prefer banking via web or mobile apps. The latest data about digital development in banking activities are being targeted by online banking accessibility lawsuits.   Over the past few years, the […]

Why Use Digital Accessibility in Finance & Banking

The Department of Justice mandates that public accommodations are accessible to everyone despite their disabilities. To enforce the law, ADA (Americans with Disability Act) came into action. Under the Title III of ADA, practising digital accessibility in finance and banking is crucial for businesses that have digital platforms.   When a commercial entity that serves the public fails […]

What Kind of Information is Contained in a VPAT Report?

Changing societal attitudes toward people with disabilities Increasingly more people and businesses are joining hands to ward-off the deep-seated societal regardfor people with disabilities as problems to be fixed. The turnaround was catapulted by the 1998Section 508 amendment of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information […]

VPAT Accessibility: Steps to Create a Successful Website

Securing the universality of your EIT products and services The universality of anything, including that of electronic and information technology (EIT) products and services, is what gives it power. Accessibility to everyone, regardless of disability status, is a critical component of that universality.   That is what the voluntary product accessibility template (VPAT), developed by the […]

VPAT Accessibility: Steps to Create a Successful Website

Securing the universality of your EIT products and services The universality of anything, including that of electronic and information technology (EIT) products and services, is what gives it power. Accessibility to everyone, regardless of disability status, is a critical component of that universality.   That is what the voluntary product accessibility template (VPAT), developed by the […]

VPAT Accessibility: Steps to Create a Successful Website

Securing the universality of your EIT products and services The universality of anything, including that of electronic and information technology (EIT) products and services, is what gives it power. Accessibility to everyone, regardless of disability status, is a critical component of that universality.   That is what the voluntary product accessibility template (VPAT), developed by the […]