Using the draft yourself

How it works

In the scan report, choose “View draft”.
In the section on how the text gets onto your website, under “Put it in place yourself”, choose “Download as Markdown”.
Put the text into your system. Most content management systems accept Markdown directly or can convert it to HTML.

The top of the draft page says which regime the statement is generated for. If that is wrong, check the details in the website’s settings: Which accessibility statement do I need?.

What you need to add

The draft is not a finished document. Above all, check the contact details and the responsible body – a draft from a free scan does not know your mandatory details: Filling in the statement’s mandatory details.

What you are then responsible for

When you publish through the service, it takes over part of the obligations. When you use the draft yourself, they are yours:

Task	Published through the service	Used yourself
Reporting channel for barriers	form below the statement, forwarded to your contact	you set it up
Date of the last review	from the scan	you maintain it
Earlier versions as a record	archived automatically, with PDF	you archive them
Updating after new scans	“outdated” marking, new version with one click	you copy the text again

The statement text itself is in German, whatever the interface language: Which accessibility statement do I need?.

For US procurement

For websites procured under US law, the draft page also offers the Accessibility Conformance Report in VPAT format for download. It is in English because it is submitted in English, and it is a draft too: criteria the scan does not fully cover are listed as “Not Evaluated”.

Getting the statement onto your website

Link, embed snippet, server-side retrieval or WordPress plugin – which way fits and how quickly a new version appears with each of them.

From scan to published statement

Which steps come before publishing an accessibility statement, what blocks publication and what happens afterwards.

Filling in the statement’s mandatory details

Which details no scan can generate – contact for reports, accessible alternatives, the responsible body – and what to keep in mind for each.