Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
25 results found in voice interface.
- Amazon Alexa (Alexa, Echo)
- A cloud-based voice assistant developed by Amazon, available on Echo smart speakers, Echo Show smart displays, and third-party devices. Users interact with Alexa through wake-word-activated voice comm…
- Aural Interface (Voice Interface, Voice-Controlled Interface, Voice User Interface)
- An aural interface is a user interface that relies primarily on spoken language for both input (voice commands) and output (spoken responses). Examples include Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and Google Ass…
- Chatbot (Virtual Assistant, Conversational Agent, Dialog System)
- A software application that uses text or speech to conduct conversations with users, simulating human-like dialogue to provide information, perform tasks, or guide users through processes. In accessib…
- Conversational Assistant (Voice Assistant, Virtual Assistant, Intelligent Personal Assistant)
- A software application that uses natural language processing and speech recognition to interact with users through spoken or typed conversation, providing information, performing tasks, and controllin…
- Conversational Interface (Conversational UI, Voice User Interface, VUI)
- A user interface that enables interaction through natural language, either spoken or typed, allowing users to communicate with a system using conversational dialogue rather than traditional graphical …
- Conversational User Interface (CUI, Conversational Interface, Dialogue Interface, CVUI)
- A user interface that enables interaction through natural language conversation, either via voice (spoken dialogue) or text (chat). Conversational user interfaces encompass voice assistants, chatbots,…
- Dialog Act (Dialogue Act, Speech Act)
- A classification label representing the communicative intention behind a spoken or written utterance in a conversational system. In the context of accessible technology, dialog acts are used to interp…
- IBM Home Page Reader (Home Page Reader, HPR)
- IBM Home Page Reader (HPR) was a pioneering voice browser developed by IBM that provided audio-based web browsing for people with visual disabilities. Unlike screen readers that operate as an overlay …
- Intelligent Personal Assistant (IPA, Virtual Assistant, AI Assistant, Digital Assistant)
- A software agent that uses natural language processing and speech recognition to perform tasks, answer questions, and control devices on behalf of a user. Examples include Amazon Alexa, Google Assista…
- Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA, Virtual Assistant, AI Assistant, Conversational Agent)
- A software-based agent that uses artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and speech recognition to understand and respond to human voice or text commands. Intelligent Virtual Assistants …
- Interactive Voice Response (IVR, Voice Response System)
- A telephony technology that allows users to interact with automated systems using voice commands or keypad input. IVR systems are particularly valuable for accessibility in low-income settings because…
- Personal Assistant (Virtual Assistant, Digital Assistant, Voice Assistant, Smart Assistant)
- A software agent that can perform tasks or provide services based on user commands or queries, typically through voice interaction. Popular examples include Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Siri,…
- Push-to-Talk (PTT, Push to talk)
- An interaction pattern where a user presses and holds (or taps) a dedicated button to signal the start of an input — historically used in two-way radios, now common in voice assistants and conversatio…
- Put That There (Put-That-There)
- A pioneering multimodal interactive system built at MIT's Architecture Machine Group (1979-1980), reported by Bolt (1980) and further developed by Schmandt and Hulteen (1982). Users seated in a 'media…
- Speech Repair (Self-Correction, Speech Self-Repair, Command Correction)
- Speech repair is the process of correcting or modifying a spoken utterance after it has been produced, either within the same turn or in a subsequent one. In natural conversation, speakers commonly in…
- Spoken Dialog System (SDS, Voice Dialog System, Conversational AI)
- A computer system that uses speech as both input and output to conduct goal-oriented conversations with users. Unlike simple voice command systems, spoken dialog systems can handle multi-turn exchange…
- Spoken Web (World Wide Telecom Web, WWTW, Telecom Web)
- An alternative web paradigm designed for people in developing regions who are excluded from the traditional World Wide Web by illiteracy, unaffordability, or lack of locally relevant content. In the S…
- Voice Browser (Voice Web Browser, Audio Browser)
- A voice browser is a type of web browser that presents web content through speech output and accepts voice or keyboard input rather than relying on visual display. Voice browsers convert web page cont…
- Voice User Interface (VUI)
- A user interface that enables interaction with a device or system through spoken voice commands and audio responses. Voice user interfaces use speech recognition to interpret user input and text-to-sp…
- Voice User Interface (VUI, Voice Command Interface, Voice Interface)
- An interface that allows users to interact with a device or application through spoken language commands rather than touch, mouse, or keyboard input. Voice user interfaces use automated speech recogni…