Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Video Accessibility (Accessible Video)
- The practice of making video content usable by people with diverse abilities, including providing captions for deaf and hard of hearing viewers, audio descriptions for blind viewers, transcripts, appr…
- Video Annotation (Video Metadata Annotation, Multimedia Annotation)
- Video annotation is the process of adding supplementary information — such as text descriptions, captions, audio descriptions, or semantic labels — to specific segments or elements of a video. In acce…
- Video Chapters (Chapter Markers, Video Segments, Timestamps)
- Navigational markers within a video that divide content into labeled sections, allowing viewers to jump directly to specific topics or segments. Video chapters function like a table of contents for vi…
- Video Coding (Behavioural Video Coding, Video Data Coding)
- A systematic research method in which trained analysts review video recordings to identify, label, and categorise specific behaviours, actions, emotions, or events. In accessibility and usability rese…
- Video Communication (Video Relay, Video-Based Communication)
- The use of video technology for real-time or asynchronous communication, including video calls, video messages, and video posts on social media. Video communication is the primary medium for remote si…
- Video Conferencing (Videoconferencing, Video Teleconferencing, Video Call)
- Real-time visual and audio communication between two or more people at different locations using video cameras, displays, and network connections. Video conferencing has significant accessibility impl…
- Video Conferencing Accessibility (Virtual Meeting Accessibility, Remote Meeting Accessibility)
- The degree to which video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet can be used effectively by people with disabilities, including those who rely on screen readers, keyboar…
- Video Conferencing Accessibility (Virtual Meeting Accessibility, Online Meeting Accessibility)
- The design and implementation of video conferencing platforms to be usable by people with disabilities, including those using screen readers, keyboard-only navigation, captions, and other assistive te…
- Video Customization (Video Personalization, Adaptive Video)
- The ability for viewers to modify the visual and auditory presentation of video content to suit their individual needs and preferences. Video customization for accessibility can include adjusting layo…
- Video Elicitation Study (Video Elicitation Method)
- A research methodology in which participants view video demonstrations of interactions, interfaces, or technologies and then provide feedback, preferences, or reactions based on what they observed. Th…
- Video Enrichment (Enriched Video, Video Augmentation)
- The process of augmenting video content with additional elements such as captions, audio descriptions, images, audio cues, hyperlinks, or tactile outputs to make it more accessible or informative for …
- Video Inpainting (Video Fill, Content-Aware Video Fill)
- A computer vision technique that fills in removed or missing regions of a video frame with plausible content generated based on surrounding visual information. Video inpainting is used in accessibilit…
- Video Magnifier (CCTV Magnifier, Electronic Magnifier, Desktop Video Magnifier)
- An assistive device that uses a camera to capture and display magnified images of printed material, objects, or other visual content on a screen. Video magnifiers range from portable handheld units to…
- Video Modelling (Video Modeling, Video Self-Modelling)
- Video modelling is a teaching strategy that uses video recordings to demonstrate desired behaviours, skills, or social interactions, which the viewer can then observe and imitate. In autism education,…
- Video Passthrough (Passthrough, Camera Passthrough)
- A feature in VR headsets that uses external cameras to capture the real-world environment and display it on the headset's internal screens, allowing users to see their surroundings without removing th…
- Video Phone (Videophone, VP)
- A telecommunications device that enables real-time video and audio communication between two or more parties. For Deaf and hard of hearing people, video phones are essential communication tools that a…
- Video Processing (Video Manipulation, Video Editing Pipeline)
- The computational techniques used to analyze, modify, and transform video content, including operations like segmentation, object removal, background replacement, audio separation, caption generation,…
- Video Prompting (Video-based prompting, Step-by-step video instruction)
- An instructional technique that uses short video clips to show a person with a developmental or intellectual disability how to complete individual steps of a task, presented one step at a time. Unlike…
- Video Relay Service (VRS)
- A free, subscriber-based telecommunications service regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States that enables deaf individuals who use sign language to make phone call…
- Video Remote Interpreter (VRI, Video Remote Interpreting, Video Relay Interpreting)
- A video telecommunication service that provides sign language interpretation remotely via video connection. VRI allows deaf or hard of hearing individuals to communicate with hearing people through an…