Guides.

The questions that come up the week a buyer asks you for a VPAT, answered the way we would answer them on a call. No sign-up, and the answer is in the page rather than behind it.

• What is a VPAT, and how is it different from an ACR?

  A VPAT is the blank template. An ACR is the filled-in report you send. Here is what a buyer asking for one actually wants, and what WCAG has to do with either.

• Which VPAT template version should you use?

  There are several VPAT editions and they are not interchangeable. Which one to use depends on who is buying, and the current revision matters more than people expect.

• Why accessibility conformance reports get sent back

  The defects that cause a procurement reviewer to return an ACR, in the order they are most likely to be the reason.

• Do you need a third-party accessibility audit?

  Usually not, to produce a conformance report. Here is when a self-evaluation is the normal answer, and when a buyer genuinely is asking for something else.