Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Visual Layout Customization (Layout Customization, Video Layout Arrangement)
- The ability for users to rearrange, resize, reposition, lock, or remove visual elements in a digital interface to suit their individual needs. In videoconferencing, visual layout customization is crit…
- Visual Literacy
- The ability to interpret, evaluate, and create visual messages and content. Visual literacy encompasses understanding visual conventions (like color symbolism, composition rules, and typographic hiera…
- Visual Orchestration (Visual Attention Management)
- A design orientation, articulated by Huffman et al. (2026), for deliberately coordinating visual cues, salience, timing, and layout so that participants in a shared environment know where to look, whe…
- Visual Perception (Visual Processing)
- The brain's ability to interpret and organize visual information, including recognizing shapes, distinguishing between similar forms, perceiving spatial relationships, and processing symmetry. In acce…
- Visual Presentation (Text Presentation)
- The way text and content are visually rendered on screen or in print, encompassing typography, layout, color, spacing, and formatting choices. Visual presentation significantly affects readability and…
- Visual Privacy (Visual Information Privacy)
- The safeguarding and management of sensitive visual information that could be shared or disclosed in everyday life, particularly through the use of assistive technologies and generative AI tools. For …
- Visual Processing (Visual Processing Disorder, Visual Perception)
- The brain's ability to interpret and make sense of visual information received through the eyes. Visual processing difficulties can affect reading, spatial awareness, figure-ground discrimination, and…
- Visual Profile (Visual Function Profile)
- A visual profile is a comprehensive characterization of an individual's visual capabilities across multiple dimensions, typically including visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, visual field, and color…
- Visual Programming (Visual Programming Language, Block-Based Programming)
- A programming paradigm that allows users to create programs by manipulating graphical elements — such as blocks, nodes, and connecting paths — rather than writing text-based code. Popular examples inc…
- Visual Prompts (Picture Prompts, Visual Cues, Photographic Cues)
- Images, icons, photographs, or other visual representations used to guide, remind, or support individuals in completing tasks, following schedules, or navigating environments. Visual prompts are parti…
- Visual Prosthetic (Visual Prosthesis, Vision Prosthetic)
- A device or system that provides visual information to people who are blind or have severe visual impairments through alternative sensory channels or direct neural stimulation. Visual prosthetics rang…
- Visual Question Answering (VQA)
- A task in which a system receives an image and a natural language question about that image, then generates a natural language answer. VQA emerged as a key accessibility paradigm through services like…
- Visual Saliency (Saliency Detection, Visual Attention Prediction)
- A computer vision concept referring to the degree to which visual elements attract attention compared to their surroundings. Saliency detection models predict which parts of an image or video frame wi…
- Visual Saliency (Saliency, Saliency Detection, Saliency Map)
- A computational measure of how much a particular region of an image or video stands out from its surroundings and attracts visual attention. Saliency models predict where people are most likely to loo…
- Visual Scene Display (VSD)
- A type of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) layout that uses photographs or images of real-world scenes with embedded interactive hotspots that produce speech output when selected. Unli…
- Visual Schedule (Picture Schedule, Activity Schedule)
- A visual representation of a sequence of activities or steps that an individual is expected to complete, using pictures, symbols, photographs, or written words arranged in chronological order. Visual …
- Visual Search Strategy (Scanning Strategy, Visual Scanning)
- Systematic approaches to visually exploring an environment or scene to locate specific objects, patterns, or information. In low-vision rehabilitation, therapists train clients in efficient search str…
- Visual Skimming (Visual Scanning, Page Scanning)
- The rapid visual process of scanning a page to quickly identify relevant content, key information, and areas of interest without reading every word. Sighted users can typically assess a webpage's rele…
- Visual Speech Aid (Speech Reading Aid, Visual Communication Aid)
- A visual speech aid is an assistive device or system that converts auditory speech information into visual form to help individuals with hearing impairments follow spoken conversation. These aids may …
- Visual Stress Syndrome (Meares-Irlen Syndrome, Irlen Syndrome, Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome)
- A perceptual processing condition characterized by symptoms of visual distortion, discomfort, and fatigue when reading text, particularly black text on white backgrounds. Individuals with visual stres…