# Affido

> Affido drafts and maintains an Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT) for a
> software product. It tests the product in a real browser, uses AI to judge the
> criteria a rule engine cannot, guides the vendor through the checks that need a
> human, and keeps the result current as the product changes.

Affido is for software companies whose sales are held up in procurement
because a university, hospital or government buyer has asked for a VPAT or an
accessibility questionnaire and they do not have one.

## What it does

- Crawls a product in Chromium and runs axe-core, including pages behind a login
- Analyses each page for the failures automated testing cannot settle: alt text
  that exists but says nothing, link text that is meaningless out of context,
  labels that are present but vague
- Writes short manual verification procedures for criteria that need a person,
  and turns the results into evidence
- Drafts a VPAT 2.5 conformance report with per-criterion remarks citing the
  specific evidence
- Answers inbound procurement questionnaires, including HECVAT's IT
  Accessibility section, from that evidence
- Hosts an accessibility statement that is rebuilt from the current report
- Checks linked PDFs for tagging, language, titles and extractable text

## What it does not do

- It does not certify compliance, and says so on every surface. No software can.
  Criteria with no evidence are reported "Not Evaluated" rather than guessed.
- It is not an independent third-party audit. Reports are vendor self-assessment.
- It does not install an overlay or widget on anyone's site.

## Standards

- WCAG 2.2 Level AA: The current version of the guidelines, and the safest answer when a buyer does not name one.
- WCAG 2.1 Level AA: What HECVAT asks about by name, and what the ADA Title II rule requires of state and local government.
- EN 301 549 (WCAG 2.1 Level AA): European public procurement, and the reference point for the European Accessibility Act.
- Section 508 (WCAG 2.0 Level AA): US federal procurement. The 2017 refresh of Section 508 incorporates WCAG 2.0 AA.

## Pages

- [Home](https://web-production-b0ddd.up.railway.app/): what it is and what it costs
- [What is a VPAT](https://web-production-b0ddd.up.railway.app/vpat): definition, cost, and who asks for one
- [HECVAT IT Accessibility](https://web-production-b0ddd.up.railway.app/hecvat): the questions, and how they are answered
- [Accessibility statements](https://web-production-b0ddd.up.railway.app/accessibility-statement): what one must contain
- [WCAG 2.2 Level AA](https://web-production-b0ddd.up.railway.app/standards/wcag22aa): the criteria it covers
- [WCAG 2.1 Level AA](https://web-production-b0ddd.up.railway.app/standards/wcag21aa): the criteria it covers
- [EN 301 549 (WCAG 2.1 Level AA)](https://web-production-b0ddd.up.railway.app/standards/en301549): the criteria it covers
- [Section 508 (WCAG 2.0 Level AA)](https://web-production-b0ddd.up.railway.app/standards/wcag20aa): the criteria it covers