Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
72 results found in user experience.
- Spatial Presence (Sense of Presence)
- Spatial presence is the subjective experience of feeling physically located within a virtual or mediated environment — the sensation of "being there" rather than merely observing content on a screen. …
- System Usability Scale (SUS)
- A widely used 10-item Likert scale questionnaire developed by John Brooke in 1996 that provides a quick, reliable measure of perceived usability. Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicat…
- Text Customization (User Text Preferences, Text Personalization)
- The ability for users to adjust the visual presentation of text content to suit their individual reading needs, including modifying font size, typeface, line spacing, letter spacing, color contrast, a…
- Usability Testing (Usability Evaluation, User Testing)
- A research method in which representative users attempt realistic tasks with a product or prototype while researchers observe and collect data on effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. In access…
- Usage analytics (Telemetry, Interaction logging)
- The collection and analysis of data about how users interact with a technology system in real-world settings, including session duration, feature usage frequency, settings preferences, and interaction…
- User Experience (UX)
- A person's perceptions and responses resulting from the use or anticipated use of a product, system, or service, encompassing emotions, beliefs, preferences, physical and psychological responses, and …
- User Testing (User Evaluation, End-User Testing)
- A research method in which representative users perform tasks with a product or system while evaluators observe, record, and analyze their behavior. In accessibility contexts, user testing with people…
- Verbosity (Verbosity Level, Screen Reader Verbosity)
- Verbosity refers to the level of detail that an assistive technology — particularly a screen reader or voice browser — provides when announcing interface elements and content. Most screen readers allo…
- 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…
- Voice user interface (VUI, Conversational interface, Voice interface)
- A human-computer interaction paradigm that uses speech as the primary input and audio output as the primary feedback channel. Voice user interfaces range from simple command-and-response systems to co…
- Voice-First Design (Voice-First Interface, Audio-First Design)
- A design approach for applications and interfaces where voice is the primary input and output modality, with visual elements being secondary or absent. Voice-first design is particularly relevant for …
- Web Adaptation (Content Adaptation, Web Content Adaptation)
- The process of automatically modifying web content to improve usability, accessibility, or presentation for specific users, devices, or contexts. Web adaptation techniques include restructuring page l…