Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
3 results found in error types.
- Insertion Error (Missing Text Error)
- A type of text error where content that should be present is missing, requiring the user to navigate to the correct position and add the missing characters, words, or phrases. Insertion errors are cha…
- Omission Error (Extra Text Error, Deletion Needed Error)
- A type of text error where extraneous or incorrect content is present and needs to be removed. Despite the name suggesting something missing, in text editing research this term refers to errors requir…
- Substitution Error (Replacement Error, Word Substitution)
- A type of text error where an incorrect word or character appears in place of the intended one. Substitution errors commonly arise from speech recognition misrecognition, autocorrect mistakes, or typi…