Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Camera Aiming (Camera Pointing, Camera Guidance)
- The challenge blind users face in correctly positioning and aiming a camera to capture the intended visual content. Since blind users cannot see the camera viewfinder, they may inadvertently capture t…
- Camera Framing (Photo Framing, Object Framing)
- The act of positioning a camera so that the intended subject is properly captured within the image frame — not cropped, not too small, and centered enough for clear identification. Camera framing pres…
- Camera Guidance (Camera Aiming Assistance, Framing Assistance)
- Non-visual feedback systems that help blind users position a camera to capture usable images of documents, objects, or scenes. Guidance may include spoken directional instructions (e.g., "move up", "m…
- Camera Mouse (Head-Controlled Mouse Pointer, Head Tracking Mouse)
- A computer-vision-based mouse-replacement system that tracks a user's head motion through a standard webcam to control the mouse pointer on screen. Developed at Boston University by Margrit Betke and …
- Camera Phone (Smartphone Camera, Mobile Camera)
- A camera phone is a mobile phone equipped with a built-in image sensor, which in an accessibility context serves as the input device for a wide class of vision-based assistive applications. Modern sma…
- Camera-based assistive technology (Camera-based AT, Vision-based AT, VBAT)
- Assistive technologies that use cameras (typically smartphone cameras or smart glasses) combined with computer vision and AI to provide visual information to blind and low-vision users. Applications i…
- Camouflaging (Masking, Social Camouflage, Autistic Masking)
- Camouflaging, also known as masking, is the conscious or unconscious suppression of autistic traits and adoption of neurotypical behaviors in order to fit into social situations. This can include forc…
- Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q)
- A 25-item self-report questionnaire developed by Hull, Mandy, Lai, Baron-Cohen and colleagues (2019) for adults to self-assess autistic masking (camouflaging) behaviours. Items are rated on a 7-point …
- Candlewick Knot (Candlewick Stitch)
- An embroidery stitch that creates raised, textured bumps or knots on the fabric surface. Candlewick knots produce one of the roughest and most tactilely distinctive textures available in machine embro…
- Cane Simulation (Virtual Cane, White Cane Simulation)
- A virtual reality application that simulates the experience of using a white cane (long cane) for navigation, allowing blind users to explore virtual environments through haptic feedback. In a cane si…
- Cane Technique (White Cane Technique, Long Cane Technique)
- The set of physical methods a blind or low-vision person uses to manipulate a long white cane while traveling. Common techniques include the two-point touch (side-to-side sweeping, touching ground at …
- Canonical MathML (Canonical Mathematical Markup Language)
- A restricted, normalised subset of MathML in which mathematical structures are represented in a deterministic, unambiguous way. While standard Presentation MathML allows the same mathematical expressi…
- Canonical Syllable (Canonical Babbling, Well-Formed Syllable)
- A canonical syllable is a well-formed syllable in infant babbling that consists of a consonant-like closure (closant) produced by an oral cavity constriction followed by a vowel-like opening (vocant).…
- Capabilities approach (Capability approach, Human capabilities framework)
- A philosophical framework developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum that evaluates well-being and justice based on what people are actually able to do and be, rather than on the resources they poss…
- Capability Sensitive Design
- A design approach, proposed by Ilse Oosterlaken, that takes human diversity morally seriously and evaluates technologies by how they actually expand or constrain the real opportunities (capabilities) …
- Capability model (User capability profile)
- A structured representation of an individual user's abilities across relevant dimensions such as sight, hearing, mobility, and cognition. In accessibility and adaptive interface design, capability mod…
- Capacitive Touch (Capacitive Sensing, Capacitive Touch Sensing)
- A touch detection technology that works by measuring changes in electrical capacitance when a conductive object, such as a human finger, comes near or contacts an electrode surface. The finger and ele…
- Capacitive Touchscreen (Capacitive Touch Display, Cap Touch)
- A capacitive touchscreen is a type of display that detects touch input by sensing changes in the electrical field caused by the conductivity of a human finger or conductive stylus. Unlike resistive to…
- Capacitive marker (Capacitive fiducial, Conductive marker)
- A conductive structure embedded in a physical object that registers as a touch point on a capacitive touchscreen, enabling the device to detect the object's position and orientation without cameras or…
- Capacity Building (Research Capacity Building, Capability Development)
- The process of developing and strengthening the skills, resources, and infrastructure that enable individuals, communities, and organizations to carry out research, develop technologies, and advocate …