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Getting started with TheAccessibleReportCard

Upload a vendor's VPAT/ACR (Accessibility Conformance Report) and get an instant A–F grade, per-disability impact analysis, and a prioritized remediation roadmap. It's free — no credit card required. (An "ACR" and a "VPAT" are the same kind of document; the terms are used interchangeably.)

1. Sign in​

Go to acr.theaccessible.org and click Get Started — Free. Sign in with email, Google, LinkedIn, or phone so your reports save to your dashboard. Documents are processed in memory and never used to train models.

2. Add the ACR​

On the evaluate screen you can either:

  • Upload a .docx, .pdf, or .html file (drag and drop or browse), or
  • Paste a URL to a published ACR and click Parse URL (fetched server-side, so it avoids browser CORS blocks).

The document is parsed into criteria and metadata (product, version, vendor, date).

3. Confirm the product type​

The report is auto-detected as Software, Hardware, or Hybrid, which sets whether it's graded against WCAG 2.1/2.2 (A & AA) and/or the relevant Section 508 chapters. Use Change product type if the detection is wrong.

Enter product name, annual cost, and user counts (students/employees) and whether it's public-facing. These drive the risk level and turn per-disability percentages into estimated affected-user counts.

5. Review the criteria (optional)​

The criteria table lists every WCAG (or Section 508) criterion with the vendor's claim and remarks. You can override a conformance level or an impact rating and add auditor notes — the grade recalculates automatically.

6. Read the grade​

You'll see, for both WCAG 2.1 and 2.2:

  • A letter grade (A = Fully Accessible … F = Does Not Meet Standards) with the weighted score and percentage.
  • A risk level badge.
  • A disability-impact table across seven groups (blindness, low vision, colorblindness, hearing loss, cognitive, motor, epilepsy).
  • A remediation roadmap — failing criteria ordered by priority.

7. Export​

Export a PDF report, an editable HTML draft, or a CSV of the criteria. If the grade is C, D, or F, an EAE exception packet becomes available for Texas §2054.460 procurement.

Next steps​