Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
7 results found in Accessibility Barriers.
- Accessibility Barrier (A11y Barrier)
- Any aspect of a digital product, web page, document, or service that prevents or impedes a person with a disability from perceiving, operating, understanding, or using it on an equivalent basis to som…
- Audio CAPTCHA (Audio HIP, Audio Human Interaction Proof)
- An auditory alternative to visual CAPTCHAs, typically presenting distorted spoken letters, numbers, or words that users must transcribe. While intended as an accessible alternative for blind users, re…
- Conditional Formatting
- Conditional formatting is a spreadsheet feature that automatically applies visual styles — fill color, font color, bold text, icons, data bars — to cells whose values meet specified rules (for example…
- Digitized Assessment (Digitised Assessment, Digital Hiring Assessment, Computer-Based Employment Assessment)
- A computer-based hiring test used by employers to evaluate candidates' personality, cognition, skills, or judgement. Common formats include personality inventories, gamified cognitive tasks (balloon-i…
- Human Interaction Proof (HIP, Human Interactive Proof)
- A challenge-response test designed to distinguish human users from automated software (bots). Human Interaction Proofs are the technical term for CAPTCHAs and similar verification systems. While effec…
- Illiteracy (Functional Illiteracy, Low Literacy)
- The inability to read or write, or having reading and writing skills below a functional level needed for everyday tasks. In the context of digital accessibility, illiteracy and low literacy present si…
- Syntax Highlighting (Code Highlighting, Syntax Coloring)
- A feature of text editors and IDEs that displays source code in different colors and fonts based on the category of terms—keywords, variables, strings, comments, and operators are visually distinguish…