Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

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contentDescription (content description, android:contentDescription)
An Android accessibility attribute that provides a text description for UI elements, particularly those without visible text such as ImageButtons and ImageViews. When set, TalkBack and other Android s…
d/Deaf (Deaf, deaf, Big D Deaf, Little d deaf)
A convention used to distinguish between two meanings of the word deaf. Uppercase "Deaf" refers to people who identify as culturally Deaf and are part of the Deaf community, sharing a common language …
e-MAG (Modelo de Acessibilidade em Governo Eletrônico, Electronic Government Accessibility Model)
The Brazilian government accessibility model (Modelo de Acessibilidade em Governo Eletrônico) that establishes standards and guidelines for making government websites accessible to people with disabil…
e-NABLE (Enabling the Future)
A global volunteer network founded in 2013 that uses 3D printing to produce free, customizable upper-limb prosthetic devices — primarily for children with limb differences who outgrow conventional pro…
eAccessibility (Electronic Accessibility, ICT Accessibility, Digital Accessibility)
The concept of ensuring that all people, including those with disabilities and elderly people with reduced functional capabilities, have equal access to information and services made available through…
eBook (Electronic Book, Digital Book, E-Book)
A book published in digital format that can be read on computers, tablets, e-readers, or smartphones. When properly formatted, eBooks offer significant accessibility advantages including adjustable te…
eBook Accessibility (Electronic Book Accessibility, Digital Book Accessibility)
The practice of ensuring that electronic books and digital publications are usable by people with disabilities, including those who use screen readers, refreshable braille displays, or other assistive…
eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services, eIDAS 2.0)
A European Union regulation governing electronic identification and trust services across the single market. The revised eIDAS 2.0 regulation, adopted in 2024, requires each member state to provide a …
eMAG (Modelo de Acessibilidade em Governo Eletrônico, Brazilian Digital Accessibility Model)
The Brazilian government's digital accessibility model (Modelo de Acessibilidade em Governo Eletrônico) that provides mandatory guidelines for how government websites must ensure accessibility and eli…
eMaking (Electronic Making, e-Making)
A form of making that focuses on electronic and digital fabrication tools and activities, including 3D printing, laser cutting, programming microcontrollers, robotics, and working with electronic comp…
ePrivacy Directive (Cookie Directive, EU Cookie Law, Directive 2002/58/EC)
A European Union directive that complements GDPR by specifically addressing privacy in electronic communications, including the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies. The directive requires…
ePub (Electronic Publication, EPUB)
An open standard file format for digital publications and documents, maintained by the W3C. ePub is significant for accessibility because it supports reflowable content that adapts to different screen…
forScore
A digital sheet music reading application for Apple devices that allows musicians to view, annotate, and organize music scores on tablets and phones. forScore includes features like pinch-to-zoom, con…
iGroup Presence Questionnaire (IPQ)
A standardized questionnaire for measuring the sense of presence experienced in virtual environments, developed by the iGroup consortium. The IPQ assesses three sub-scales: spatial presence (feeling p…
iVector (Identity Vector, i-vector)
A low-dimensional representation of voice characteristics widely used in speaker recognition and verification systems. iVectors capture many acoustic aspects of a speaker's voice in a compact form, ma…
jsPsych
An open-source JavaScript framework for building behavioural and HCI experiments that run in a web browser. jsPsych provides reusable plugins for common trial types (survey questions, Likert scales, m…
mHealth (Mobile Health, Mobile Healthcare)
The practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and wearables. mHealth encompasses health apps, remote monitoring, telemedicine, health information…
mobileOK (mobileOK Basic Tests, W3C mobileOK)
A set of machine-automatable tests published by the W3C to verify conformance with Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0. The mobileOK Basic Tests define a subset of best practices that can be unambiguously e…
reCAPTCHA
A CAPTCHA system originally developed at Carnegie Mellon University (and later acquired by Google) that repurposes human effort spent proving they are not robots into useful work such as digitising sc…
tabindex
An HTML attribute that controls whether an element can receive keyboard focus and its position in the tab order. A tabindex of 0 places an element in the natural tab order, a positive value sets a spe…