Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
25 results found in User Research.
- Requirements Gathering (Requirements Elicitation, Needs Assessment)
- The process of collecting and documenting the needs, constraints, and expectations of users and stakeholders to inform the design of a technology system or product. In accessibility and assistive tech…
- Tactile Exploration Strategy (Haptic Exploration Strategy, Touch Exploration Pattern)
- A systematic approach or pattern that a person uses when exploring tactile graphics, maps, or other touch-based representations. Research has identified several distinct strategies: "following outline…
- User Elicitation (Elicitation study, Gesture elicitation study, User-defined gestures)
- A participatory user-research method, widely used in gesture and interaction design, in which end users or domain experts are shown a desired system effect (a "referent" such as "rotate this object") …
- User Sensitive Inclusive Design (USID)
- A design methodology proposed as an alternative to User Centred Design for populations with highly diverse and dynamically changing needs, particularly older people. User Sensitive Inclusive Design re…
- Visual Profile (Visual Function Profile)
- A visual profile is a comprehensive characterization of an individual's visual capabilities across multiple dimensions, typically including visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, visual field, and color…