What is a VPAT?
VPAT stands for Voluntary Product Accessibility Template. It is a template used to document how an information and communications technology product or service addresses accessibility requirements and standards.
Accessibility conformance evidence readiness
Buyer asked for a VPAT?
VPATReady™ helps software vendors and product teams quickly check whether their accessibility conformance evidence is ready before procurement, enterprise review, or public-sector sales conversations.
Not a certification. Not legal advice. A practical readiness check for accessibility evidence your team may need to share.
VPAT basics
What accessibility evidence requests usually mean
When someone asks for a VPAT, Accessibility Conformance Report, or accessibility evidence, they are usually asking for structured information they can review before a purchase, partnership, grant, renewal, public-sector opportunity, or internal accessibility decision moves forward.
What is an ACR?
ACR stands for Accessibility Conformance Report. In practical use, an ACR is the completed report that results when a VPAT is filled out with product information, evaluation methods, conformance levels, and explanatory remarks.
Who might need one?
Software vendors, product teams, startups, consultants, nonprofits, education providers, healthcare organizations, and mission-driven teams may need to share accessibility conformance evidence with buyers, funders, partners, reviewers, or internal stakeholders.
Why it matters
Accessibility evidence is easier to explain when product scope, testing methods, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines coverage, known issues, remediation plans, and support documentation are organized before a request becomes urgent.
VPATReady™ helps teams prepare for accessibility evidence conversations. It does not complete an official template, certify accessibility, provide legal advice, or replace a full accessibility evaluation.
The problem
Accessibility evidence is often scattered when your team needs it most.
Teams often have useful accessibility work spread across issue trackers, audit notes, design reviews, testing summaries, remediation plans, product documentation, support materials, and internal conversations. The challenge is knowing whether that evidence is organized, current, and clear enough to share or use in a review.
VPATReady™ is built for the moment before the request becomes urgent: before a buyer, funder, partner, reviewer, procurement team, or internal stakeholder asks for clearer accessibility evidence.
Common evidence readiness gaps
- No current VPAT or Accessibility Conformance Report
- Unclear product, service, or version scope
- Missing testing method summary
- No Web Content Accessibility Guidelines mapping
- Limited keyboard or assistive technology testing notes
- Known issues are not tracked in a review-ready way
What VPATReady™ checks
Evidence signals that matter when accessibility questions come up.
The readiness check focuses on whether common accessibility conformance materials are present, understandable, current, and organized enough to support a review, request, renewal, partnership, grant, procurement process, or internal decision.
- Product, service, and version scope
- VPAT or Accessibility Conformance Report readiness
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines coverage
- Known gaps and remediation notes
- Testing methods and assistive technology coverage
- Review-ready summary language
How it works
A practical path from scattered evidence to clearer next steps.
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Answer readiness prompts
Complete a short, no-account questionnaire about your product, service, or documentation scope; current VPAT or Accessibility Conformance Report status; testing evidence; known issues; support materials; and timing.
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Identify evidence gaps
VPATReady™ checks for common missing or unclear evidence areas, including scope clarity, testing methods, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines coverage, keyboard testing, assistive technology notes, issue tracking, and remediation ownership.
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Review your readiness level
The page returns a Low, Moderate, or High readiness result with plain-language guidance. The result is based only on the answers provided and should not be treated as certification, legal advice, or a full accessibility evaluation.
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Choose the next step
Use the free result as a starting point, review the $79 Evidence Gap Report path, request a $750 Human-Reviewed Readiness Summary, or discuss broader readiness support through Artifacts Media.
Readiness check
Check your accessibility evidence readiness.
Answer these readiness questions to review whether your accessibility conformance evidence is organized enough to support a review, request, renewal, partnership, grant, procurement process, or internal decision. The questionnaire is designed for low-risk status information only.
Privacy note
The free VPATReady™ check is designed for low-risk use. Do not enter passwords, source code, protected customer data, health information, government identification numbers, confidential business materials, procurement materials, or other sensitive information. Version 1 does not require accounts or file uploads.
Results
Your evidence readiness result
Complete the readiness check to see your readiness percentage, category, evidence areas to review, urgency signals, and recommended next steps. Results are calculated in your browser and are not stored or sent anywhere.
Awaiting readiness check
Complete the readiness check to generate a result.
Your result will appear here after you answer the 15 questions and select Get My Readiness Result.
Pricing
Start with a free check. Add review support when the evidence matters.
Free evidence readiness score
$0
A lightweight readiness check for teams that need a quick sense of whether their accessibility evidence is organized enough to support a review, request, renewal, partnership, grant, procurement process, or internal decision.
VPATReady™ Evidence Gap Report
$79
A focused report path that helps summarize likely missing evidence, unclear conformance support, documentation gaps, and recommended next steps based on your readiness-check responses.
Human-Reviewed Readiness Summary
$750
Artifacts Media reviews your readiness inputs and prepares a concise summary of evidence gaps, risk signals, and recommended next steps before sharing accessibility evidence with others.
Accessibility Evidence Readiness Package
Starting at $2,500
A broader support package for teams aligning accessibility evidence, documentation, issue tracking, remediation planning, and stakeholder-ready materials.
Evidence Gap Report
VPATReady™ Evidence Gap Report
$79
The VPATReady™ Evidence Gap Report is designed to turn your readiness-check responses into a lightweight summary of likely evidence gaps, unclear documentation areas, readiness signals, and recommended next steps.
What the report is designed to summarize
- Readiness category and evidence score
- Evidence areas to review
- Time-sensitive review signals, when applicable
- Suggested documentation next steps
- Items that may require human review
The report is based on questionnaire responses. It is not a certification, legal review, accessibility audit, official Voluntary Product Accessibility Template validation, or guarantee of accessibility conformance.
Complete intake first. After submission, Artifacts Media sends a secure payment email from support@artifactsmedia.com. Report delivery is within 2 business days after both intake and payment confirmation are received.
Get My Evidence Gap Report — $79Human review
Need a human-reviewed second look?
Artifacts Media can review readiness inputs, identify evidence gaps, and help prepare a practical summary before your team shares accessibility evidence with buyers, funders, partners, reviewers, or internal stakeholders.
Disclaimer and non-affiliation note
VPATReady™ is an independent accessibility evidence readiness product made by Artifacts Media, LLC. VPAT® is a registered service mark of the Information Technology Industry Council. VPATReady is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Information Technology Industry Council.