Glossary

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

4 results found in auditory display.

Auditory Map (Audio Map, Sonic Map)
An auditory map is an audio-based representation of geographical information designed to enable blind and visually impaired users to access and understand spatial environments without relying on visio…
Parameter Mapping Sonification (Parameter Mapping, Auditory Parameter Mapping)
A sonification technique that represents changes in data dimensions through corresponding changes in auditory dimensions such as pitch, loudness, timbre, spatial position (panning), tempo, or reverber…
Soundscape (Auditory Soundscape, Audio Landscape)
An auditory environment where multiple spatialized sounds represent objects or landmarks in all directions around a listener, creating an acoustic representation of physical space. In accessibility ap…
Timbre (Tone Colour, Tone Color)
The perceived quality or 'colour' of a sound that distinguishes different sources playing the same pitch and loudness — for instance, the difference between a flute, a violin, and a human voice singin…