Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
6 results found in non-visual feedback.
- Audio Interface (Auditory interface, Sound-based interface)
- An interface that conveys information through sound — including speech (text-to-speech), earcons, beeps, spatialised audio, and sonification of data streams. Audio interfaces dominate mainstream acces…
- Clock Position (Clock face position, Clock orientation)
- A method of conveying direction to a person who is blind by mapping the 12-hour clock face onto the user's immediate surroundings, where 12 o'clock is directly ahead, 3 o'clock is to the right, 6 o'cl…
- Perceived Urgency (Alert urgency, Urgency perception)
- The subjective sense of immediacy or threat conveyed by an alert, shaped by parameters such as pulse rate, inter-pulse interval, pitch, loudness, and — for tactile signals — vibration intensity and pa…
- Shape-changing Interface (Shape-changing haptic interface, Morphing interface)
- A physical interface that conveys information by changing its own shape or physical orientation — for example, a servo-driven lever that rotates to point in a specific direction, a cube whose top half…
- Tactile Interface (Haptic interface, Touch-based interface)
- An input/output interface that conveys information through the sense of touch — using vibration, pressure, skin stretch, temperature, or physical shape change. In navigation for blind people, tactile …
- Vibration Feedback (Haptic vibration, Vibrotactile feedback)
- The use of controlled vibration patterns — varying in duration, interval, intensity, and spatial location — to convey information to a user through the sense of touch. In assistive technology for blin…