Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Multimodal Communication (Multi-Modal Communication)
- The use of multiple channels and resources simultaneously during interaction, including speech, gesture, gaze, facial expression, body movement, writing, drawing, and physical artifacts. All human com…
- Multimodal Content (Multi-Modal Media)
- Content that combines multiple forms of media—such as text, images, audio, video, and interactive elements—to convey information. Multimodal content can enhance accessibility by providing multiple pat…
- Multimodal Cueing
- Multimodal cueing is the simultaneous or selectable use of two or more sensory channels - typically visual, auditory, and somatosensory (vibrotactile) - to guide motor behaviour during rehabilitation …
- Multimodal Features (multimodal data, multimodal fusion)
- Information extracted from multiple sensory channels or data types—such as combining visual (RGB), depth, audio, and skeletal data—to improve recognition accuracy. In accessibility systems, multimodal…
- Multimodal Feedback (Multi-Sensory Feedback)
- The simultaneous or coordinated use of multiple sensory channels — such as auditory, tactile, and visual — to convey information to a user. In accessibility, multimodal feedback is essential for creat…
- Multimodal Input (Multimodal Interaction, Multi-modal Input)
- An interaction approach that allows users to communicate with computing devices or systems through multiple input channels — such as touch, voice, eye gaze, head movement, facial expressions, hand ges…
- Multimodal Instruction (Multimodal Feedback, Multimodal Learning)
- An instructional approach that combines two or more sensory modalities - such as verbal narration, non-verbal sound, haptic or tactile feedback, and visual demonstration - to convey information. In ac…
- Multimodal Interaction (Multimodal Interface)
- An interaction approach that combines multiple input and output modalities—such as voice, touch, keyboard, gestures, and visual/audio feedback—to support flexible, accessible user experiences. In acce…
- Multimodal Interface (Multimodal Interaction, Multi-Modal UI)
- A multimodal interface is a system that communicates with users through multiple sensory channels simultaneously, such as speech, haptic feedback, sound, vibration, and visual output. In accessible na…
- Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM, Vision-Language Model, VLM)
- A deep learning model that can process and generate content across multiple types of input including text, images, audio, and video. In accessibility contexts, MLLMs like GPT-4o, Gemini, and Claude ha…
- Multimodal Map (Audio-Tactile Map, Interactive Tactile Map)
- A map that conveys spatial information through multiple sensory channels simultaneously, typically combining tactile elements with audio output and sometimes visual or haptic feedback. Multimodal maps…
- Multimodal Natural Language Generation (Multimodal NLG)
- Natural language generation systems that produce output coordinated across more than one modality — typically combinations of text or speech with graphics, maps, animation, gesture, or tactile output.…
- Multimodal Output (Multi-Modal Output, Cross-Modal Output)
- The simultaneous presentation of information through multiple sensory channels or formats, such as audio, visual, tactile, and text-to-speech, allowing users to choose the modality or combination of m…
- Multimodal Sensing (Multi-Modal Sensing)
- The simultaneous capture of data through multiple sensor channels - for example, combining physiological signals (heart rate, galvanic skin response, skin temperature) with behavioural signals (motion…
- Multimodal Summarization (Multimodal Summary, MMS)
- A technique for presenting information through multiple complementary formats — typically combining pictures, simplified text, and structural diagrams — to improve comprehension of complex content. Mu…
- Multimodal Text Editing (Multimodal Editing)
- A text editing approach that combines multiple input modalities—such as gestures, voice commands, and touch—to enable more efficient and accessible text correction. For users with disabilities, multim…
- Multimodal redundancy (Redundant coding, Multi-sensory design)
- A design principle in which the same information is conveyed through multiple sensory channels simultaneously — such as visual, tactile, auditory, and textual — so that users can access it through whi…
- Multimodal workshop materials (Multi-sensory workshop materials)
- Physical materials designed for workshops or educational settings that convey the same content through multiple sensory channels — such as combining visual (large print, high contrast), tactile (brail…
- Multimorbidity (Multiple Long-term Conditions, Co-occurring Conditions)
- Multimorbidity is the presence of two or more chronic health conditions or long-term impairments in a single individual. It is especially prevalent among older adults and is a major factor in the comp…
- Multiple Cue Responding (MCR)
- The ability to observe and attend to multiple features of a stimulus simultaneously (such as colour, shape, and size) and use all of those features to make decisions. Multiple cue responding is a foun…