Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Visual Description(also: Visual Content Description)
- The practice of conveying visual information through non-visual means, primarily text or speech. Visual description encompasses various contexts including image descriptions, alternative text, audio description of video, and assessment descriptors for privacy tools. Research in…
- Visual Epistemology(also: Sighted Epistemology)
- Ways of knowing and understanding the world that are dependent on visual perception. Visual epistemology treats sight as the primary and most reliable sense for gathering information, often positioning visual evidence as more trustworthy or complete than information obtained…
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