Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
26 results found in sensory accessibility.
- Spatial Orientation (Spatial Awareness, Orientation and Mobility)
- The ability to understand one's position and the arrangement of objects within a physical or digital environment. For blind and low vision users, spatial orientation relies on non-visual cues includin…
- Tactile Data Comics (TDC)
- A presentation method for accessible education that combines step-by-step tactile graphics on a refreshable tactile display with synchronized verbal narration. Inspired by visual data comics, tactile …
- Tactile Exploration (Haptic Exploration, Touch-Based Exploration)
- The process of perceiving and understanding objects, surfaces, or spatial layouts through systematic touch. For blind and low vision users, tactile exploration is a primary means of gathering spatial …
- Tactile Graphics (Tactile Diagrams, Raised Graphics)
- Visual information represented in a raised or textured format that can be perceived through touch, enabling blind and low vision users to access charts, maps, diagrams, and illustrations. Tactile grap…
- Tactile Model (3D Tactile Object, Touch Model)
- A three-dimensional physical object designed to be explored through touch, used to convey spatial, structural, or conceptual information to blind and low vision users. Tactile models can represent any…
- Visual substitution (Sensory substitution, Vision substitution)
- Visual substitution is a design strategy in assistive technology that replaces visual information with output in another sensory modality, such as audio descriptions, haptic feedback, or tactile repre…