Accessibility, engineered into talent intelligence from the start.
VPAT available
Conformance Report (ACR) provided to customers and prospects on request.
Assessed by Allyant
Independent third-party assessment alongside our own internal testing.
Continuous monitoring
CI/CD scanning and periodic re-audits track conformance over time.
Where Eightfold's accessibility stands today.
Talent Acquisition (including TA+) has successfully completed an independent accessibility assessment performed by Allyant, and a current VPAT®/Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR), dated July 30, 2026, is available upon request. This milestone reflects our continued investment in accessibility engineering, governance, and independent validation while we continue expanding accessibility across the broader Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform.
The following accessibility conformance information applies to Talent Acquisition (including TA+), which has been independently assessed by Allyant. The accessibility practices, governance, and engineering processes described throughout this page apply across the broader Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform.
WCAG 2.2 AA
ADA
Section 508
EN 301 549
Assessment date: July 30, 2026. Independent assessor: Allyant.
Our current Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR)/VPAT® for Talent Acquisition (including TA+), dated July 30, 2026, is based on an independent evaluation performed by Allyant using manual accessibility testing, automated testing tools, assistive technology testing, and testing by individuals with disabilities. A copy is available to customers and prospective customers upon request through our Trust Portal or Accessibility team. Additional product assessments are completed and published according to our accessibility program.
Independently tested with assistive technology.
The Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform is delivered as a responsive web application. We design and test the web experience to support a wide range of browsers, devices, screen sizes, keyboard navigation, and assistive technologies, the same technologies our QA team tests with each release.
Our independent accessibility assessment for Talent Acquisition (including TA+), performed by Allyant, specifically included testing with JAWS 2025 and NVDA 2024, alongside the ongoing internal assistive technology testing described above.
Built into how enterprise customers evaluate us.
Enterprise customers rely on our accessibility program during procurement, security review, and renewal, not just at launch. Here is what we typically provide.
VPAT / ACR on request
A current Allyant VPAT/ACR for Talent Acquisition (including TA+), available to customers and prospects during procurement.
Independent assessment by Allyant
Independent accessibility assessment performed by Allyant, in addition to our own internal audits and continuous automated scanning.
Continuous monitoring
Accessibility is not assessed once and forgotten. CI/CD scanning and periodic re-audits track conformance as the platform evolves.
Direct answers, not boilerplate
Security and accessibility questionnaires are answered by people who own the program, not a generic template.
Features grouped by the needs they support.
Accessibility features across the Eightfold platform, organized by the needs they support.
Vision
- Screen reader compatibility (JAWS, VoiceOver, NVDA)
- High-contrast display mode
- Customizable, resizable text
- Semantic HTML & ARIA landmarks
Mobility
- Full keyboard navigation
- Visible focus indicators throughout the UI
- Logical, predictable tab order
- No time-limited interactions on critical flows
Hearing
- Captions and visual indicators for media content
- No audio-only critical alerts
- Text-based alternatives to voice interactions
Monitoring
- Simplified, consistent navigation patterns
- Clear error messages and form guidance
- Reduced motion & distraction options
A dedicated program, not a one-time fix.
The Accessibility Center of Excellence
Accessibility at Eightfold is not one person’s side project. A dedicated Accessibility Center of Excellence (COE), staffed by accessibility subject-matter experts, including an IAAP-certified accessibility professional (CPACC), sets the standard, runs design and component reviews, owns our VPAT/ACR program, trains the rest of engineering and design, and governs how accessibility decisions get made across the company.
- Accessibility SMEs (subject-matter experts): Own WCAG interpretation, set internal standards, and are the escalation point for edge cases the AI agent pipeline cannot resolve on its own.
- QA & assistive tech testing (manual verification): Tests critical workflows with screen readers and keyboard-only navigation before major releases, using the toolkit below.
- Design & component review (inclusive design): Runs accessibility design reviews and component-level validation (contrast, focus states, motion, content structure) before a line of code is written.
- Program, governance & compliance (audits, VPAT & ACR): Coordinates independent accessibility assessments with Allyant, publishes and reviews VPAT/ACR documentation with customers, and governs our accessibility roadmap and reporting.
Accessibility isn't a checkpoint at the end of development. It's a shared responsibility across design, engineering, and quality assurance. By combining human expertise with AI-assisted workflows, we build products that create equal access to opportunity for everyone.
Accessibility at each stage of development
Accessibility is not a single gate at the end of a release. It is checked at each stage, from the first design mock to the moment a feature is live in production, and monitoring continues after release.
- Design
- Design review
- Development
- Automated scan
- Manual testing
- Screen reader testing
- VPAT review
- Production
- Continuous monitoring ↺ Design
Continuous monitoring feeds straight back into design. Issues found in production become the next cycle’s design and engineering inputs, closing the loop.
Design reviews, before a line of code is written
Major features go through structured accessibility review at the design stage, not just a final QA pass.
- UX review: Flows, content structure, and interaction patterns are reviewed for clarity, predictability, and cognitive load before visual design begins.
- Design review: Mockups are checked for color contrast, focus order, touch target size, and motion before they are handed to engineering.
- Component review: New or modified components are validated against our accessible component library and design system before reuse across the product.
- Engineering review: Implementation is checked against the approved design and WCAG 2.2 AA criteria as part of code review, before it reaches automated scanning.
AI-assisted accessibility engineering
To accelerate accessibility remediation, Eightfold built a system of specialized AI agents to analyze, fix, test, and ship accessibility corrections under human review, clearing a backlog that would normally take 6 to 10 months to resolve manually in about two months. Each fix is scoped narrowly to the reported issue and shipped with automated regression tests. The agents propose and validate, and a human engineer always reviews and approves before anything reaches production.
This human-reviewed agent pipeline (analyze, implement, test, publish) resolved hundreds of accessibility issues with full automated test coverage and zero scope creep.
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Ticket filed
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Analyze issue
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Implement & test
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Open PR
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Human review & merge
6–10 months → ~2 months
Must pass before merge
On pull requests
This isn't about replacing engineers. It's about amplifying their impact. Engineers spend less time on routine fixes and more time on innovation, architecture, and solving complex problems.
Quality assurance
Fixing today’s issues is only half the job. Our QA and engineering processes are built to catch accessibility regressions before they reach production and to keep improving as the platform evolves.
- Automated scanning: Automated accessibility tooling (axe-core based automated scanning) runs alongside functional test suites to catch missing labels, contrast failures, and focus-order problems.
- Manual & assistive-tech testing: QA engineers manually test critical workflows with keyboard-only navigation and screen readers to validate real-world usability, not just automated pass/fail signals.
- Pre-merge review gates: Accessibility checks are part of our pull-request and CI/CD pipeline, catching new issues before they merge rather than after release.
Our testing toolkit
The specific tools our Accessibility SMEs, engineers, and QA testers use day to day.
Training and enablement
Accessibility is taught, not assumed. Training is provided to designers, developers, and teams across Eightfold, not just accessibility specialists.
- New-hire onboarding: New engineers and designers complete an accessibility fundamentals module before shipping their first change.
- Engineering workshops: Hands-on sessions on ARIA patterns, keyboard interaction models, and how our AI agent pipeline works, run by the Accessibility COE.
- Design workshops: Contrast, focus order, motion, and content design training for product designers, tied directly to our design review checklist.
- QA workshops & office hours: Recurring assistive-technology testing training, plus open office hours where teams can bring accessibility questions to the COE.
Owned, tracked, and reviewed quarterly.
Why it matters
Eightfold’s platform supports critical hiring and career decisions, so it needs to work reliably for people using screen readers, keyboard and switch navigation, voice control, and other assistive technologies, not as an afterthought, but as a baseline requirement. We hold ourselves to that standard the same way we hold ourselves to security and privacy standards: with clear ownership, measurable targets, and public accountability.
- Built in from the start: Accessibility requirements are embedded into our design system and component library from the start, not retrofitted after launch.
- Standards-based: Accessibility requirements based on WCAG 2.2 Level AA are incorporated into each product team’s definition of done and development lifecycle, alongside ADA and Section 508 expectations for enterprise and public-sector software.
- Dedicated ownership: Our Accessibility team sets standards, trains engineering and design, and reviews the platform’s assistive-technology experience on an ongoing basis.
- User-informed: We prioritize fixes based on real feedback from users with disabilities, not assumptions about what accessible should look like.
Organizational responsibility
Accessibility is not only an engineering task. It is governed as a cross-functional program. Accessibility is governed through quarterly reviews involving Engineering, Design, QA, Product Management, and Compliance. Progress is tracked using VPATs, internal audits, design reviews, and customer feedback, and reported to leadership quarterly.
- Quarterly reviews: Engineering, Design, QA, Product Management, and Compliance meet each quarter to review accessibility progress and set priorities.
- Tracked, not assumed: Progress is measured against VPATs/ACRs, internal audits, design review outcomes, and direct customer feedback, not self-reported anecdotes.
- Reported to leadership: Quarterly findings, open risks, and roadmap decisions are shared with company leadership as part of standard governance reporting.
Common accessibility questions, answered.
Can I get a copy of Eightfold's VPAT / Accessibility Conformance Report?
Yes. Our current Allyant VPAT®/Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR), dated July 30, 2026, covers Talent Acquisition (including TA+). Request access through our Trust Portal or by contacting the accessibility team below.
How often is the platform audited for accessibility?
We combine continuous automated scanning in our CI/CD pipeline with periodic manual testing and third-party accessibility assessments.
Do you perform manual accessibility testing?
Yes. In addition to automated testing, accessibility specialists perform manual testing using keyboard navigation, screen readers, and other assistive technologies before major releases.
What do I do if I find an accessibility barrier in the product?
Please report it to our accessibility team at accessibility@eightfold.ai. We triage accessibility reports with the same urgency as other critical product issues.
Which products are covered by the current VPAT/ACR?
The current Allyant VPAT®/Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR), dated July 30, 2026, covers Talent Acquisition (including TA+). The accessibility engineering practices, governance framework, quality assurance processes, and continuous improvement approach described on this page apply across the Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform. Additional product-specific accessibility assessments are published as they become available.
Contact the Accessibility Team.
Compliance documentation
Visit the Eightfold Trust Portal to request the current Allyant VPAT®/Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for Talent Acquisition (including TA+).
Accessibility feedback
Contact us at accessibility@eightfold.ai. We triage accessibility reports with the same urgency as other critical product issues.