Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Interaction Logging (Event Logging, User Interaction Logging, UI Event Logging)
- The automated capture and recording of user interface events — such as clicks, keystrokes, focus changes, touch gestures, and scrolling — during a person's interaction with a digital system. In access…
- Interaction Paradigm (Interaction Method, Input Paradigm)
- A model or approach for how users interact with a system, encompassing the input devices, techniques, and patterns of engagement. In VR, common interaction paradigms include controller-based input, ha…
- Interaction Shell
- A software component that renders user interface elements in a specific modality and handles direct interaction with the user. In the Fruit toolkit architecture, the interaction shell is separated fro…
- Interaction Symmetry (Balanced Interaction)
- The degree to which conversation partners have equal opportunities and means to participate in an interaction. In face-to-face spoken conversation, interaction is relatively symmetric—both partners ca…
- Interaction metaphor
- A conceptual mapping that allows users to understand and interact with a digital interface by drawing on familiar experiences or mental models. Common examples include the desktop metaphor (files, fol…
- Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDP Scale, IDP)
- A standardized 20-item attitudinal instrument developed by Gething and Wheeler (1992) and later validated by Forlin, Fogarty, and Caroll (1999), designed to measure both desirable and undesirable emot…
- Interactional Synchrony
- The coordinated, often unconscious alignment of conversational partners' body postures, gestures, gaze, vocal rhythm, and facial expressions during social interaction. Research in social psychology an…
- Interactive 3D Printed Model (I3M, Interactive Tactile Model)
- A 3D printed physical object augmented with technology that provides audio or other non-visual feedback when users touch or interact with specific areas. These models combine the tangible spatial info…
- Interactive Communication Model
- A model of communication that extends the linear model by incorporating feedback from the receiver back to the sender, creating a two-way exchange. In AAC contexts, interactive high-tech devices enabl…
- Interactive Dance (Interactive Dance Performance, Digital Dance)
- A performance genre in which dancers' movements, physiology, or prop interactions are captured in real time (via motion capture, biosensors, or sensor-equipped objects) and used to drive digital visua…
- Interactive Description (Dynamic Description)
- A design approach for providing accessible descriptions of interactive digital content that updates in real time as users navigate and manipulate elements. Unlike static alternative text, interactive …
- Interactive Task Guidance (Task Guidance System, Step-by-Step Task Support, Task Prompting)
- Interactive task guidance is a form of cognitive assistive technology that provides real-time, step-by-step instructions to help individuals with cognitive impairments complete multi-step daily activi…
- Interactive Television (iTV, Interactive TV)
- Interactive television (iTV) refers to television systems that allow viewers to interact with content beyond simply watching, through features such as voting on polls, accessing supplemental informati…
- 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…
- Interaural Level Difference (ILD, Interaural Intensity Difference, IID)
- The difference in sound pressure level (loudness) between the two ears, used by the auditory system to localize sound sources. Sounds coming from the right are louder in the right ear due to the head …
- Interaural Time Difference (ITD, Interaural Phase Difference)
- The difference in arrival time of a sound between the two ears, used by the auditory system to localize sound sources in the horizontal plane. Sound from the left reaches the left ear before the right…
- Interdependence (Relational autonomy)
- A framework in disability studies that recognises all people — disabled and non-disabled — as fundamentally reliant on others and on social infrastructure, challenging the Western ideal of individual …
- Interdependence Framework (Interdependence in Assistive Technology)
- A theoretical framework in assistive technology design that challenges the traditional emphasis on individual independence as the primary goal of accessibility. The Interdependence Framework, introduc…
- Interdependent Accessibility (Interdependence Framework, Access Interdependence)
- A framework for understanding accessibility as a collective, co-created responsibility rather than an individual accommodation. Interdependent accessibility recognizes that access is produced through …
- Interest-Based Personalisation (Interest-Based Customization, Special Interest Embedding)
- A software design strategy in which content, visuals, or activities are customised to reflect a user's personal interests or preferences in order to increase engagement and motivation. In the context …