Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Automatic Image Captioning (AI-Generated Alt Text, Machine-Generated Description, Auto Alt Text)
- The use of computer vision and machine learning algorithms to automatically generate textual descriptions of images without human intervention. Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram deplo…
- Automatic Promotion (No Detention Policy, Social Promotion)
- An educational policy that promotes students to the next grade level regardless of their academic achievement, intended to prevent grade repetition and reduce dropout rates. India's Right to Education…
- Automatic Readability Assessment (Readability Prediction, Reading Level Assessment)
- The computational task of predicting how difficult a text is for a reader, usually expressed as a grade level or a readability score. Modern systems treat readability as a machine-learning classificat…
- Automatic Sign Language Processing (ASLP, Sign Language Processing)
- An umbrella term encompassing three major areas of technology for sign language: automatic sign language generation (ASLG, creating sign language output from text or speech), automatic sign language r…
- Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)
- The computational technology and algorithms that automatically convert spoken audio into text transcriptions. ASR systems use acoustic models, language models, and increasingly deep learning approache…
- Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) (ASR, Speech-to-Text, Voice Recognition, Auto-Captioning)
- Technology that converts spoken language into written text using computational algorithms and machine learning models. ASR powers auto-captioning features in video conferencing, media players, and ass…
- Automatic Teller Machine (ATM, Cash Dispenser, Cash Machine)
- An Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) is a self-service electronic banking terminal that allows users to perform financial transactions such as cash withdrawals, balance inquiries, and fund transfers with…
- Automatic Text Simplification (ATS, Automated Simplification)
- The use of computational methods to reduce the complexity of text while preserving its meaning, making it more accessible to readers with disabilities or limited literacy. Automatic text simplificatio…
- Automatic UI Generation (Auto-Generated Interface, Model-Based UI Generation)
- The process of computationally producing a graphical user interface from an abstract specification of its functionality, rather than having designers manually create the visual layout. In accessibilit…
- Automatic speech recognition (ASR, Speech-to-text, Voice recognition)
- Technology that converts spoken language into text using machine learning and signal processing. ASR powers live captioning, voice assistants, and dictation software, making it a key accessibility tec…
- Automatic text simplification (ATS, Text simplification, Automated readability improvement)
- The use of natural language processing techniques to transform complex text into simpler, more readable versions while preserving meaning. ATS operates at two levels: lexical simplification (replacing…
- Automation Confusion
- A phenomenon, well documented in human–automation literature and observed in partially automated video games, in which the user struggles to distinguish the outcomes of their own actions from those pe…
- Automation Transparency (AI Transparency (Automation), Transparent Automation)
- The degree to which an automated or autonomous system communicates its current state, intent, and reasoning to the humans who depend on it. In autonomous transport, transparency includes cues such as …
- Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- The division of the nervous system that regulates involuntary physiological processes including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and stress responses. The ANS has two main branches:…
- Autonomous Ferry (Self-Driving Ferry, Autonomous Passenger Ferry)
- A waterborne passenger vessel that navigates, docks, and avoids obstacles without a human pilot, typically using a sensor suite (cameras, radar, LiDAR, ultrasonic, IMU, GNSS) and a shore-based supervi…
- Autonomous Navigation Robot (Autonomous guide robot, Self-navigating robot)
- A mobile robot that plans and executes its own path through an environment to deliver a user or payload to a chosen destination, using onboard sensors (LiDAR, cameras, IMU) and a map for localisation,…
- Autonomous Public Transport (Autonomous Public Transit, Driverless Public Transport)
- Public-transport services — buses, shuttles, ferries, trams — operated wholly or partly by self-driving technology, typically supervised remotely rather than by an onboard driver. From an accessibilit…
- Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)
- A sensory tingling experience, typically in the scalp and upper spine, triggered by specific audio–visual stimuli such as whispering, soft tapping, or gentle hand movements. ASMR is associated with re…
- Autonomous Vehicle (AV, Self-Driving Car, Automated Driving System, ADS)
- A vehicle equipped with technology that enables it to navigate and operate without human input, ranging from partial automation features like adaptive cruise control to fully autonomous systems that h…
- Auxiliary Removal (Overlay Removal, Non-Essential Element Removal)
- A video layout customization option that removes visual elements not directly related to the core video content, such as watermarks, logos, banners, breaking-news tickers, subscription prompts, and ot…