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From: Shuttlesworth, Rachel
Date: Jun 3, 2013 8:00AM

I doubt this is any help right now, Lucy, but may be an idea for the
future.

My university has started building into any tech-related RFPs a statement
about accessibility and a request for the product's VPAT. We can then use
their accessibility status in the evaluation process. Below is the text we
include in the RFP.

Message to vendors:
Like many higher education institutions, the University of Alabama is
increasingly concerned with ensuring that it complies with ADA and Section
508 requirements regarding disability accommodations. Because our
institution uses your products or services, it is important to make sure
we have documentation regarding how you address accommodations. Please
send a copy of or link to the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template for
your product(s), as well as any other relevant information to aid us in
this effort. Information about the VPAT and a template for its completion
are available here:
http://www.itic.org/index.php?src=gendocs&;ref=vpat&category=resources.
These resources will be kept on file for use at The University of Alabama
and
will need to be updated when the product changes. The VPAT responses will
be
used to aid UA in evaluating products and services and will be added to a
publically available repository of accessibility information.


Rachel

Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
Center for Instructional Technology
University of Alabama







On 06/03/13 12:19 AM, "Lucy Greco" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

Hello:
Sorry no its not really a survey tool per say. Sorry I have to be so
cryptic but I am under a nda and can't give out to much information. The
problem is the two tools I am being asked to choose from are the only
two products that responded to an RFP and I can't even go to the vender's
and ask them if the problems I saw are inherent in their products or just
do to the speed we had to check these tools. It's really quite
frustrating because the one vender that seemed to really understand access
and said all the write things was the lest useable product. I have used
Lime Survey tool and yes it does a exhalent job. Thanks Lucy

Lucia Greco
Web Access Analyst
IST-Campus Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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