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Glossary

Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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Automatic Alt Text(also: AI-generated Alt Text, Auto Alt Text, Machine-generated Alt Text)
Alternative text for images that is automatically generated by artificial intelligence systems using computer vision and natural language processing. Platforms like Microsoft PowerPoint, Facebook, and Twitter have incorporated automatic alt text features to increase image…
Automatic Image Captioning(also: 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 deploy automatic image captioning to provide alternative text for user-uploaded…
Automatic Speech Recognition(also: 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 approaches to process speech signals. ASR accuracy directly impacts the usability of…