Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Hapget (Haptically-Enhanced Widget)
- A hapget (haptically-enhanced widget) is a user interface element that combines a 3D visual representation with haptic (touch) feedback, audio cues, and descriptive metadata to enable non-visual inter…
- Haptic (Haptic feedback, Haptic interface)
- Relating to the sense of touch as a means of interaction between a user and a device. Haptic interfaces include braille displays that raise and lower pins to represent text, vibration motors in mobile…
- Haptic Communication (Social Haptics, Tactile Communication, Haptic Interaction)
- A method of conveying information through touch-based signals, vibrations, or physical patterns on the body. Haptic communication is particularly important for individuals with deafblindness or other …
- Haptic Consent (Vibrotactile Consent)
- A consent model in which the request for, agreement to, and revocation of consent are communicated through touch or vibration rather than speech. Haptic consent is motivated by accessibility: many neu…
- Haptic Controller (Haptic Interface, Tactile Controller)
- An input device that uses touch-based interaction, typically through buttons, pads, or surfaces that can be pressed, tapped, or manipulated. In music technology, haptic controllers include devices lik…
- Haptic Design (Vibrotactile Design, Haptic Authoring)
- The practice of authoring haptic feedback - typically vibrations, forces, or temperature cues - so that it conveys intended meaning, emotion, or synchronicity with other media. Haptic design involves …
- Haptic Device (Haptic Interface, Force-Feedback Device, Tactile Device)
- A hardware device that provides tactile or force feedback to users, enabling them to feel virtual objects, textures, resistance, or vibrations. Haptic devices range from simple vibration motors in sma…
- Haptic Display (Tactile Display, Pin-Matrix Display, Refreshable Tactile Display)
- A device that conveys information through the sense of touch by dynamically raising and lowering physical elements (typically pins) to create tactile patterns. In accessibility, haptic displays range …
- Haptic Experience Model (HX Model, HX)
- A framework proposed by Kim and Schneider for evaluating user experience with haptic technologies along five perceptual-experiential dimensions: autotelics (the pleasantness of the sensation), realism…
- Haptic Exploration (Tactile Exploration, Touch Exploration)
- The process of acquiring spatial and object information through systematic touch and hand movements. Haptic exploration involves active manipulation and movement across surfaces to perceive shape, siz…
- Haptic Feedback (Tactile Feedback, Touch Feedback)
- Information conveyed through the sense of touch, typically using vibrations, force, or texture changes to communicate data or system states to a user. In accessibility, haptic feedback provides non-vi…
- Haptic Feedback (Tactile Feedback, Haptics)
- Technology that communicates information through the sense of touch, using vibrations, pressure, or motion applied to the user's body. In accessibility, haptic feedback provides a non-visual, non-audi…
- Haptic Field of View (Tactile Field of View, Haptic Aperture)
- The limited area that can be perceived through touch at any given moment, analogous to the visual field of view but much more restricted. While vision allows perception of an entire scene simultaneous…
- Haptic Glove (Data Glove, Tactile Glove, Wearable Haptic Device)
- A wearable device worn on the hand that provides tactile feedback through vibration motors, piezoelectric actuators, pin arrays, or other mechanisms embedded in the fingers and palm. In accessibility …
- Haptic Graph (Haptic Chart, Force-feedback Graph)
- A haptic graph is a non-visual rendering of a chart or graph — a bar chart, line graph, scatter plot, or mathematical function — that a blind or low-vision user explores by touch, typically through a …
- Haptic Graphics (Dynamic Tactile Graphics, Refreshable Haptic Graphics)
- Graphical information presented through the sense of touch, typically on refreshable displays or touchscreen devices. Unlike static tactile graphics (embossed paper or thermoform), haptic graphics can…
- Haptic Guiding (Force-Based Guiding, Haptic Navigation)
- A collaborative interaction technique where one user physically guides another user's cursor or pointer through force feedback, allowing spatial information to be communicated through touch rather tha…
- Haptic Handle (Tactile handle)
- A grip on a mobility or guidance device (robot, smart cane, haptic rein, etc.) that conveys information to the user through touch — typically via buttons, vibrotactile feedback, or physical coupling t…
- Haptic Icon (Hapticon)
- A short, structured vibrotactile or force pattern designed to carry meaning in the same way a graphical icon or audio earcon does, allowing users to recognize a category of information — an alert, mat…
- Haptic Input (Haptic Interaction, Touch Input)
- Haptic input refers to interaction methods that use the sense of touch to communicate information between a user and a computer system. This includes devices such as data gloves, force-feedback contro…