Glossary

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

2 results found in Deaf and hard of hearing.

Caption Highlighting (Text Highlighting in Captions, Keyword Highlighting in Captions)
The visual emphasis of important words within video captions to help viewers quickly identify key concepts and reduce the cognitive load of reading dynamic text. Research with Deaf and Hard of Hearing…
Lipreading (Lip reading, Speechreading (narrow sense))
The practice of understanding spoken language by visually interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips, tongue, teeth, jaw, and facial expression. Lipreading is used by many Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing…