Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
13 results found in auditory interface.
- Audio Cue (Auditory Cue, Sound Cue, Earcon)
- A non-speech sound used to convey information in an interface. In accessible programming environments, audio cues represent code structures, syntax errors, or navigation landmarks—for example, a door-…
- Audio Cues (Earcons, Auditory Icons, Sound Cues)
- Non-speech sounds used in software interfaces to convey information, status changes, or events that would otherwise be communicated only visually. In accessible development environments, audio cues ca…
- Audio Icon (Auditory Icon, Earcon)
- A non-speech sound used in a user interface to represent an object, action, or event, analogous to how visual icons represent concepts graphically. Audio icons use everyday sounds that have a natural …
- Auditory Feedback (Audio Feedback, Auditory Display)
- The use of sound — including tones, sound effects, earcons, and speech — to convey information about system states, user actions, or environmental changes. In accessibility, auditory feedback serves a…
- Concurrent speech interface (Simultaneous speech, Parallel audio streams)
- An interaction paradigm that presents multiple speech audio streams simultaneously, spatially separated using techniques like head-related transfer functions, to enable users to scan or monitor severa…
- EyeMusic
- A visual-to-auditory sensory substitution device that converts images into sound, enabling people who are blind to perceive visual information including shape, location, and color. EyeMusic uses a lef…
- Nonspeech Audio (Non-Speech Sounds, Auditory Cues)
- Audio feedback in user interfaces that conveys information through sounds other than synthesized or recorded speech, including earcons (abstract musical motifs), auditory icons (realistic sounds repre…
- Spatial Audio (3D Audio, Spatialised Sound, Binaural Audio)
- Audio technology that creates the perception of sound coming from specific locations in three-dimensional space around the listener, using techniques such as head-related transfer functions (HRTFs), b…
- Spatialized Audio (3D Audio, Spatial Sound, Immersive Audio)
- Spatialized audio is a technology that creates the perception of sound coming from specific locations in three-dimensional space around the listener, using techniques such as head-related transfer fun…
- Spearcon
- A spearcon is a type of auditory icon created by compressing a spoken phrase until it becomes a very brief, distinctive audio cue. Unlike earcons, which use abstract musical sounds, spearcons retain a…
- The vOICe (vOICe)
- One of the earliest and most widely studied visual-to-auditory sensory substitution devices, developed by Peter Meijer in 1992. The vOICe converts camera images into sound by scanning left to right, m…
- Voice Augmentation (Audio Augmentation, Voice-Based Augmentation)
- A technique for enhancing user interfaces by adding spoken audio feedback to supplement visual information on screen. Voice augmentation provides contextual support through spoken confirmations of use…
- Web Speech API (Web Speech, SpeechSynthesis API)
- A browser-native JavaScript API that provides speech recognition and speech synthesis capabilities directly within web applications. The Web Speech API enables developers to add text-to-speech and voi…