Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
27 results found in tactile graphics.
- Tactile Semiotics
- The study and theory of how meaning is communicated through touch, drawing on broader semiotic principles that every media channel has rules or encodings for conveying meaning. Tactile semiotics exami…
- Tactile Texture (Haptic Texture)
- The surface quality of a material or graphic element as perceived through touch, characterized by properties such as roughness, smoothness, density, height, pattern regularity, and directionality. In …
- Tactile graphic production (Tactile image creation, Accessible graphic transcription)
- The process of converting visual images — such as textbook diagrams, charts, maps, and illustrations — into raised tactile representations that can be explored by touch. Production methods include swe…
- Tactile relief (2.5D relief, Tactile relief model)
- A physical representation that preserves depth information and surface textures from a two-dimensional image, creating a raised surface that can be explored by touch. Unlike flat raised-line drawings …
- Tangram Workstation (Tangram)
- A LibreOffice extension for creating tactile graphics collaboratively. Tangram enables sighted users to design graphics while providing real-time tactile feedback to blind reviewers through a connecte…
- Texture Differentiation (Tactile Discrimination)
- The ability to perceive and distinguish between different textures through touch. In the context of tactile graphics, texture differentiation is the fundamental perceptual capacity that allows readers…
- Thermoforming (Vacuum Forming, Thermoform)
- A manufacturing process used to create tactile graphics by heating a plastic sheet and pressing it over a mould to form a raised surface. In accessibility contexts, thermoforming is one of several met…