Glossary

Motion/Eye-Tracking Devices

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 22:37:14 GMT

Motion or eye-tracking devices measure the movement of your eyes, position, and focus through sensors and convert the data into actionable inputs for various devices.

Head pointers

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 22:27:33 GMT

Head pointers are assistive technology devices for those with limited or no movement in their hands that allow the cursor on a computer to be moved with the head or face.

Talking Devices

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 22:22:53 GMT

Talking devices are augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices that help people communicate. A picture board or computer software system that creates audible speech from text.

Speech input software

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 22:13:44 GMT

Speech input software is assistive technology that allows users to interact with devices using voice commands. It can also allow spoken words to be transcribed into text.

Text-to-Speech (TTS)

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 21:46:30 GMT

Text-to-speech is assistive technology software that reads digital text aloud. It takes digital words on a device and converts it into audio.

Magnifier

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 21:36:59 GMT

A magnifier assists those with low vision or who are visually impaired to make their screen or sections of their screens bigger to see words and images better. Smartphones often include magnifier apps, or apps can be downloaded from a phones app store, so that the camera functionality can be used to enlarge a screen or paper to see words and images more clearly.

POUR ( perceivable, operable, understandable, robust)

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:27:42 GMT

POUR is a way of approaching web accessibility by breaking it down into these four main aspects. Many of the technology challenges faced by disabled people/people with disabilities can be described using one of the POUR principles.

Refreshable Braille displays

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:27:26 GMT

They are called refreshable because the unit comprises a line of pins that move up and down to display the Braille dots. Braille displays also have navigation keys that allow the user to move around the computer screen without taking his or her hands from the display to perform tasks.

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:27:10 GMT

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was the first legislation to address the notion of equal access for individuals with disabilities by removing architectural, employment, and transportation barriers. It also created the rights of persons with disabilities through affirmative action programs.

Screen reader

social@accessibility.com (Accessibility.com Team) — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:26:51 GMT

A screen reader is an assistive technology that converts digital text into speech or braille output. Screen readers are used primarily by people with blindness or visual impairments to navigate web pages and computer software.