Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
5 results found in visual assistance.
- Aira
- A visual assistance service that connects blind and low vision users with trained human agents who provide real-time visual information through a smartphone camera or smart glasses. Unlike AI-only sol…
- Envision AI (Envision)
- An AI-powered visual assistance technology available as a smartphone app and as smart glasses that provides scene descriptions, text reading, and object identification for blind and low vision users. …
- Fiducial Marker (AR Marker, Visual Marker, Reference Marker)
- An artificial visual landmark placed in a physical environment to serve as a reference point for image processing systems. Fiducial markers — such as QR codes, ArUco markers, and BCH matricial markers…
- TapTapSee
- An AI-enabled visual assistance app designed for blind and low vision users that identifies objects through photos taken with a smartphone camera. Users double-tap their screen to take a photo, and th…
- Visual Interpretation Services (VIS, Remote Sighted Assistance, Visual Assistance Services)
- Visual interpretation services are technology platforms that connect blind and low vision users with sighted assistants (either human volunteers or paid professionals) who provide real-time visual des…