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From: McKeithan, Thomas
Date: May 19, 2012 7:04AM

I concur. Manual testing is critical. Vendors think that they have achieved accessibility in some instances, but there are still issues. Validation of accessibility to achieve 508 conformance is essential.

NIB can help with this task. Contact me if interested.

Respectfully,
Thomas Lee McKeithan II
Accessibility Program Manager
National Industries for the Blind
1310 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703)310-0586 Direct
(202)276-6437 Cell
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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Michael R. Burks
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Who does your VPAT?

In my experience it depends on the company.

I would still check everything in the VPAT no matter what.

Sincerely,

Mike Burks
919-882-1884 - Fax
919-349-6661 - Office

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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Susan Grossman
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Who does your VPAT?

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Shuttlesworth, Rachel
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> I would love to know this as well. We are in the process of creating
> an institutional repository of all the VPATs for all of the technology
> tools we use on campus. I am trying to figure out how much
> verifying/checking of the VPAT contents we need to do and where that
> duty should reside. I also need guidance on how to make sure the VPAT
> stays current with all the updates that happen.
>
> Thanks for any guidance,
> Rachel
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dr. Rachel Shuttlesworth Thompson
> Director, Emerging Technologies and Research, Center for Instructional
> Technology University of Alabama Box 870248 * Tuscaloosa, AL
> 35487-0248
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> F: 205.348.3035
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> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jesse Hausler
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:40 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] Who does your VPAT?
>
> I'm curious how companies with several products produce accurate VPATs.
> Are they outsourced? Build in house?
> Does anyone have knowledge as to who outsources their VPATs, who
> builds them on their own..?
> Besides "accuracy", what is the community's preference?
>
> If this is the wrong forum for this type of question, feel free to
> redirect me.
>
> Thanks,
> Jess
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I'm an independent contractor and corporations pay me to review their applications (web and desktop), work with their developers to fix the issues they find, and then I write their VPAT. I supply a more detailed version than the simple form, and it covers WCAG 2.0, not just 508, though it's still mapped to 508 for now,.

There are quite a few independents and companies out there who do this for
corporations that don't have their own in house team. We review all the
major releases/updates.

HTH - Susan


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*Susan R. Grossman*
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