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Procurement review processes

Posted By Karole Schroeder 01-04-2024 10:04:00 AM
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Good morning, all! I feel like a broken record, but in case everyone has fresher minds in 2024, I will ask this group for their assessment (again?). We all have thousands of IT to review for compliance with standards in Section 508 and/or our respective state regulations (e.g., Texas Administrative ...

RE: VPAT Review and NDA

Posted By Karole Schroeder 04-03-2023 12:59:14 PM
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I always tell the vendor that it is public information and can be used in an audit, etc. If they have trade secrets in their VPAT, they are writing it wrong. They need to remove that content and submit a clean VPAT. Karole Schroeder, CPACC (she/her/hers) Electronic and Information Resources Accessibility ...

RE: Reviewing VPATs - what do you do?

Posted By Karole Schroeder 03-27-2023 03:08:02 PM
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Unfortunately, if you read the disclaimers at the bottom of many of the ACRs, they do not claim any accuracy or warranties on the information they provide. Unless there is a legal mind on how they cannot add such disclaimers on their ACRs, I'm not sure a contract can force them to provide total or even ...

RE: badges for accessibility training

Posted By Karole Schroeder 03-10-2023 02:02:47 PM
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I'm interested in knowing how the badging technically works. What do you use to track training? Can it track: internally built online coursesinternal in-person, hybrid, or remote presentationsthird-party courses (e.g., LinkedIn Learning, Level Access)educational opportunities at conferences/webinars ...

RE: Volunteers?

Posted By Karole Schroeder 03-08-2023 01:37:19 PM
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Yes, I'd love to compare notes. Karole Schroeder, CPACC (she/her/hers) Electronic and Information Resources Accessibility Coordinator (EIRAC) Office of Information Security | Division of Information Technology Phone: 361.825.3154 6300 Ocean Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78412 361.825.5700 | ta ...

RE: SAAS Vendors refusing to agree to support accessibility

Posted By Karole Schroeder 11-28-2022 01:55:08 PM
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I have gotten that on several contracts. This language often exists when the contract is for a specific set of users, library databases, or for research purposes. Meaning no one is going to terminate the contract – it is too unique to fail the sale. Or... if only a few of us make this point with the ...

RE: new accessibility guide

Posted By Karole Schroeder 11-10-2022 02:59:58 PM
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As another Texas university, I concur with Margaret that TAC 213 (or more than half the chapter) is missing. I was trying to figure out if translation of language would be in scope for this document as well. TAC 206.71 affects many of us who support people with limited English proficiency, specifically ...

RE: Common social media sites' accessibility conformance? (Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, etc.)

Posted By Karole Schroeder 10-13-2022 09:25:58 AM
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I have had trouble finding an ACR on social media platform sites. Often, I think these companies believe if they have an accessibility statement posted, maybe an accessibility account or profile, that those criteria suffice. Though the accessibility statement is often the response I get from companies ...

RE: VPAT for Sortly, only for Enterprise plan users?

Posted By Karole Schroeder 10-06-2022 09:22:22 AM
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I understand, and that might be why Sortly's current message is they don't have a VPAT. I try to find contact information for the accessibility team, but oftentimes, the requester for the IT or the IT company's website only provide a sales / info / support contact. I've made a list for my university ...

RE: VPAT for Sortly, only for Enterprise plan users?

Posted By Karole Schroeder 10-06-2022 07:59:00 AM
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Ray, I agree. The issue is more of making it a priority for the engineering team to fill out the VPAT. The legal team would advise them this should be a priority. I have dealt with several companies where the legal team doesn't know what the technical team knows. For example, if someone directs ...

RE: VPAT for Sortly, only for Enterprise plan users?

Posted By Karole Schroeder 10-06-2022 06:43:26 AM
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Thanks, Doug. I sent requests to as many of the universities on the list as possible. I couldn't find contact information for one. I find it interesting that it isn't until certain points are addressed that they told me only enterprise customers could request a form be filed. I told them it does not ...

VPAT for Sortly, only for Enterprise plan users?

Posted By Karole Schroeder 10-04-2022 08:31:24 AM
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Good morning, all! I'm trying to educate Sortly on the purpose of the VPAT. In my back and forth, we've reached the point where they are saying, "Sortly only completes forms for our Enterprise customers." Are any of you enterprise customers that can give them a quick ring for a VPAT? Thanks! --- ...

RE: Vendors of web applications and accessibility

Posted By Karole Schroeder 09-28-2022 03:17:15 PM
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I'm in agreement with everyone on this thread, in part if not in full: We are trying to help people with disabilities have access to all our IT.Depending on institution's structure, most of us depend on third parties to provide the IT.When reviewing the IT's accessibility, most of us do not have staff ...

RE: Vendors of web applications and accessibility

Posted By Karole Schroeder 09-26-2022 12:59:59 PM
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This thread has me quite curious. I've noticed 99% of what I review is non-compliant. In Texas, we have an exception justification process to accept liability risk when procuring inaccessible IT. It requires determining why one inaccessible IT solution was chosen over another, etc. It also asks what ...

RE: September 7 | Discussing Digital Accessibility with the Office for Civil RIghts - IT Accessibility CG (Educause)

Posted By Karole Schroeder 09-07-2022 04:36:48 PM
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Alison, I think I understand where you are heading with the evaluation which may be why there is some confusion regarding privacy of information. For some of our universities, we do not have the resources to do our own research on every product we review. We are so short on staff that we are dependent ...

RE: September 7 | Discussing Digital Accessibility with the Office for Civil RIghts - IT Accessibility CG (Educause)

Posted By Karole Schroeder 09-07-2022 01:29:27 PM
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I have standing meetings that conflict with this meeting, so I missed the presentation. About VPAT/ACR reviews, several EIRACs in Texas discussed how we are all reviewing the same ACRs. While one university may have several people who can review those ACRs, another university may be shorter staffed. ...

RE: Staffing and structure comparison points

Posted By Karole Schroeder 06-07-2022 03:42:55 PM
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Elizabeth, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) has one dedicated employee for digital accessibility. Per Texas regulations, someone is designated the Electronic and Information Resources Accessibility Coordinator (EIRAC). Either the Chief Information Officer or someone with IT program coordinator ...

Standards to meet for live captioning events

Posted By Karole Schroeder 12-13-2021 07:07:06 AM
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All, I'd like to revisit the questions I posed earlier in the semester, since I may not have been clear about the accessibility concerns around live captioning. We want to be able to define criteria that vendors will meet when doing RFPs and signing contracts. For example, when doing a live event: ...