Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

5 results found in Content.

Content Extraction (Web Content Extraction, Text Extraction)
The process of separating meaningful content from the surrounding structural markup, navigation elements, and boilerplate text on a web page. For assistive technology users, content extraction is valu…
Readability (Text Readability)
The ease with which a reader can read and understand written text. Readability encompasses both visual readability (typography, layout, color contrast, spacing) and linguistic readability (vocabulary …
Text Simplification (Plain Language Conversion, Content Simplification)
The process of rewriting text to make it easier to read and understand, typically by using shorter sentences, simpler vocabulary, and clearer structure while preserving the essential meaning. Text sim…
Transcript (Text Transcript, Video Transcript, Audio Transcript)
A written document containing the complete text of spoken content from a video or audio recording, presented separately from the media rather than synchronized with it. Unlike captions, which appear o…
Video Annotation (Video Metadata Annotation, Multimedia Annotation)
Video annotation is the process of adding supplementary information — such as text descriptions, captions, audio descriptions, or semantic labels — to specific segments or elements of a video. In acce…