Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Pa11y
- An open-source automated accessibility testing tool that runs from the command line and in continuous-integration pipelines. Pa11y can drive either axe-core or HTML CodeSniffer as its underlying rule engine, returning JSON-formatted results classified by severity (critical,…
- Programming Accessibility(also: Accessible Programming, Accessible IDE)
- The practice of making software development tools, environments, and workflows usable by programmers with disabilities. Programming presents unique accessibility challenges beyond general computer use: code requires precise typing of special characters and symbols, specific…
- Programming by Example(also: PBE, Programming by Demonstration)
- A technique in end-user programming where a system infers a generalizable program from concrete examples provided by the user, rather than requiring the user to write code directly. In accessibility contexts, programming by example has been used to enable nonprogrammers to…
- Project Sidewalk
- An open-source web-based crowdsourcing tool developed at the University of Washington that enables volunteers to virtually audit sidewalk accessibility using Google Street View panoramas. Contributors label four types of accessibility features and problems: curb ramps, missing…
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