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Accessibility Live Region(also: accessibilityLiveRegion, Android Live Region)

An Android accessibility attribute that tells TalkBack to automatically announce changes to a view's content, without requiring the user to move focus to it. Developers set it on a view to make dynamic updates such as error messages, status banners, or count-down timers audible…

Ad Blocker(also: Adblocker, Content Blocker)

A browser extension or built-in feature that prevents advertisements, trackers, and other unwanted content from loading on web pages, typically by matching requests against blocklists such as EasyList or EasyPrivacy. Ad blockers can substantially improve accessibility by…

Cozmo(also: Cozmo Robot)

A small, toy-like robot originally developed by Anki, featuring tracked wheels, a lift arm with a fork, and a screen face that displays animated eyes and emotive behaviours. Cozmo includes face recognition, name memory, and programmable games, and is often used in accessibility…

Embodied Agent(also: Embodied Conversational Agent, Embodied AI)

An interactive system that is represented in physical or graphical form with a body, face, or avatar, allowing it to communicate with users through multiple modalities such as speech, gesture, gaze, and expression. Embodiment matters in accessibility contexts because physically…

Paro(also: Paro Robot, Paro Seal)

A socially assistive robot shaped like a baby harp seal, developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, designed to provide companionship and therapeutic engagement for older adults, particularly those with dementia. Paro responds to…

Pepper(also: Pepper Robot)

A 120 cm semi-humanoid social robot developed by SoftBank Robotics (originally with Aldebaran Robotics), featuring articulated arms with 20 degrees of freedom, LED eyes capable of gaze behaviours, an animated face, and a chest-mounted tablet for touch interaction. Pepper is…

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