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How To Evaluate Accessibility When Buying Technology

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Don’t leave accessibility to the end.
Be prepared for evaluating accessibility during procurements.

Electronic information and communication technology (ICT)  products and services sold to government agencies must be accessible.  Ensuring accessible ICT procurements means being confident in the information you have about the product or service being considered.

In Texas, two documentation tools are commonly used to evaluate the accessibility claims by vendors for electronic information products and services: the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) and the Vendor Accessibility Development Services Information Request (VADSIR).

Training for Texas agencies and universities.

Microassist’s new course, Understanding the VPAT Analysis and Determination Process, equips teams with a VPAT overview, strategies for making an accessibility determination and a guided exercise simulation on how to use this template driven methodology.


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Course Outline

In this actionable training, teams can review a supplier’s VPAT/ACR using a Standard Form with a Standard Process and arrive at a Standard, Justifiable, and Documented Conclusion.

Created by Microassist Chief Technology Officer Hiram Kuykendall

Microassist’s Understanding the VPAT Analysis and Determination Process delivers:

  • A 3-hour, online, self-paced course that results in a Course Certificate upon successful completion.
  • Accessible design, complimenting GSA’s 508 online accessible ICT procurement courses, with added animation, closed captions, script access, periodic knowledge checks, and a final exam.
  • Broken into easily digestible chapters for self-paced progress.
  • Exercises to focus on The VPAT 2.x 508 Edition evaluation process.
  • Also includes process for the WCAG and INT editions.
  • A proprietary VPAT Accessibility Conformance Report Evaluation Form laying out an easy-to-follow process to complete any evaluation.