A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT, is a report that tells buyers how well your product meets accessibility standards. This tool lists every WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criterion, lets you mark each one as supports, partially supports, does not support or not applicable, and builds a report you can print or save as a PDF.
What you enter
Product name
Version
Report date
Contact
How you evaluated it
Remarks (one per line, starting with the criterion number)
1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (Level A)
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A)
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A)
Type the product name, version, report date, a contact and a short note on how you tested it.
Set a conformance level for each of the 55 criteria. Everything starts as Not evaluated, so the report shows honestly what you have not checked.
To add remarks, write one per line in the remarks box, beginning with the criterion number, like: 1.4.3 Button text fails on the gray background.
Read the report that builds below, check the counts, and print it or save it as a PDF. Nothing is stored, so keep a copy of the text as well.
How a conformance report is read
A buyer reading your report is looking for two things: whether the product can be used by their people, and whether you are honest about the gaps. A report that says Supports on every row, with no remarks, tends to raise suspicion. A report with a few specific partials and a note about when they will be fixed tends to build trust.
The remarks column is where the report earns its value. Say what you tested, on which pages or flows, and what fails. 'Partially supports: the checkout form labels are programmatic, but the date picker cannot be used by keyboard' tells a buyer exactly what they would face, and tells your own team what to fix.
Testing so that the levels mean something
Automated tools catch only part of the problems, so combine them with manual checks. Use the keyboard alone to reach every control, zoom the page to 400 percent to check reflow, check text and control contrast, and use a screen reader on the key tasks. Then give each criterion the level that matches what you found.
Treat the first report as a baseline. List the rows that are Partially Supports or Does Not Support, fix the ones that affect the most people, and issue a new dated version. Over a few releases the report becomes a record of improvement, which is often what a buyer wants to see.
Tips
Test before you rate. Run a keyboard-only pass, check contrast with a tool, and try a screen reader on your main flows, and base each level on what you saw.
Use Partially Supports when it works in some places and not others, and say where in the remarks. Buyers trust a specific partial more than a vague yes.
Mark criteria Not applicable only when the feature does not exist. A product with no video can mark the media criteria Not applicable; a product with video cannot.
Date the report and name the version. Accessibility changes with every release, and an undated report is hard to rely on.
Share the report with the date and the method you used. Buyers are used to reading these and respond well to plain honesty about known gaps.
Frequently asked questions
What is a VPAT?
A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template is a document, filled in by the maker of a product, that records how well it meets accessibility standards. The completed document is called an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR). Buyers, especially in education and government, often ask for one.
Is this a certification?
No. It records your own assessment, in a standard layout. It is not a certification, an audit or a legal opinion, and nobody has verified your answers. For a formal claim, have a qualified accessibility auditor test the product.
Which standard does this cover?
The 55 Level A and AA success criteria of WCAG 2.2. The official VPAT format has extra tables for other standards, such as Section 508 and EN 301 549, which this tool does not include. The WCAG table is the core of most reports.
What do the four levels mean?
Supports: the product meets the criterion with no known problems. Partially Supports: some parts meet it and some do not. Does Not Support: the product does not meet the criterion. Not Applicable: the criterion does not apply to the product. This tool also has Not evaluated for rows you have not tested yet.
Does this page store my report?
No. The report is built in your browser from what you type, and nothing is saved or sent. Print it or save it as a PDF before you close the page.
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