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Re: VPAT version for AODA

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From: L Snider
Date: Mar 29, 2020 7:24AM

VPATS in my experience are used in education, governments, large
corporations, libraries, etc. In my experience, almost every VPAT has
been problematic. I make my own VPATS for clients that are very
different.

Cheers

Lisa

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 5:04 PM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> I've questioned the validity and usefulness of VPATs.
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> After all, the V stands for "voluntary." And when using GSA's template, the author can write just about any gibberish or BS they want.
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> There's no mandated testing or evaluation done by the government; they take the word of the vendor as stated in the VPAT.
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> And surely no one is surprised that the PDF is not tagged. So many PDFs from "authorities" are not accessible, such as the WCAG and PDF/UA standards from the ISO.
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> Gah!
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