Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Embedded Description (Inline Description, Integrated Description)
- A technique for making presentation content accessible where the speaker verbally describes relevant visual information on slides — including text, images, graphics, and other visual aids — as part of…
- Embedded System (Embedded Device, Embedded Computer)
- A specialised computer system designed to perform a dedicated function within a larger device, typically operating with real-time constraints and limited resources. Unlike general-purpose computers, e…
- Embodied Agent (Embodied Conversational Agent, Embodied AI)
- An interactive system that is represented in physical or graphical form with a body, face, or avatar, allowing it to communicate with users through multiple modalities such as speech, gesture, gaze, a…
- Embodied Cognition (Embodiment)
- A theory in cognitive science proposing that the mind is not an isolated entity but is deeply integrated with the body's sensorimotor systems. In other words, how we think, perceive, and make decision…
- Embodied Communication (Embodied Interaction)
- Communication that involves the whole body as a resource for meaning-making, including gestures, posture, facial expressions, gaze, touch, and physical movement through space. Embodied communication r…
- Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA, Virtual Agent, Animated Agent)
- A computer-generated animated character designed to interact with human users using multiple simultaneous communication channels — typically speech, eye gaze, facial expression, head and body posture,…
- Embodied Critique (Embodied Feedback, Body-Based Critique)
- A method of expressing critical feedback through physical bodies and bodily actions rather than relying solely on spoken or written language. Embodied critique draws on disability cultures where commu…
- Embodied Experience (Embodied Interaction, Embodiment (UX))
- The dimension of user experience that arises from the body's sensory and kinaesthetic encounter with a system or environment — motion, vibration, balance, proprioception, ambient sound, and felt pace …
- Embodied Expertise (Embodied Knowledge, Tactile Expertise)
- Skilled knowledge that resides in the body through practiced physical routines, muscle memory, and sensory awareness rather than in explicit cognitive rules or visual information. In accessibility res…
- Embodied Exploration
- An approach to virtual environment interaction in which the user builds understanding of a space by physically walking, turning, reaching, and sweeping rather than by teleporting or using controller-b…
- Embodied Harassment
- Harassment in virtual reality environments that targets a user's avatar body or physical representation, such as invading personal space, mimicking movements, or physically interacting with avatar fea…
- Embodied Ideation (Embodied Design Ideation)
- A design method that engages participants in generating ideas through physical movement, bodily interaction, and hands-on exploration rather than purely verbal or written communication. In accessibili…
- Embodied Interaction (Embodied Cognition in HCI)
- An approach to human-computer interaction that emphasizes the role of the physical body in how people engage with and understand technology. Embodied interaction recognizes that cognition is not purel…
- Embodied Knowledge (Embodied expertise, Lived knowledge)
- Knowledge that is grounded in bodily experience rather than externally observable behaviour or abstract rule - the kind of knowing a person who stutters has about the tension before a block, a blind p…
- Embodied Learning (Embodied Cognition, Kinesthetic Learning)
- A learning approach that engages the whole body in the process of understanding, not just the mind. Embodied learning recognizes that physical movement, touch, spatial navigation, and bodily interacti…
- Embodied Sketching
- Embodied sketching is a participatory design method in which participants and designers physically act out interaction ideas with their bodies, props, and the surrounding space rather than only sketch…
- Embodied Skill Learning (Motor Skill Learning)
- A view of learning in which acquiring a skill - such as a sign language gesture, a musical performance, a sport movement, or a rehabilitation exercise - depends on coordinated bodily action rather tha…
- Embodied cognition (Embodied learning, Enactive cognition)
- A theoretical framework proposing that cognitive processes are deeply shaped by the body's interactions with its physical environment — that thinking is not purely abstract but is grounded in sensory …
- Embodied participation (Embodied presence)
- The experience of being physically present and actively engaged in a shared space through one's body or a technological proxy for it. In accessibility contexts, embodied participation refers to how te…
- Embodiment (Virtual Embodiment)
- The sense of inhabiting and controlling a virtual body in VR, feeling that the avatar is an extension of oneself rather than a separate entity. Embodiment is fostered through synchronized tracking of …