Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Audio Describer(also: Describer, AD Writer)
- A professional who writes and sometimes narrates audio descriptions for film, television, live performance, museums, and digital media. Audio describers craft concise verbal narration that conveys essential visual information (actions, settings, facial expressions, on-screen…
- Auditory Description(also: Audio Description, Spoken Description, Verbal Description)
- The practice of providing spoken narration that describes visual information, making content accessible to people who are blind, have low vision, or benefit from auditory reinforcement of visual content. Auditory description has evolved from pre-recorded narration for film and…
- Embedded Description(also: Inline Description, Integrated Description)
- A technique for making presentation content accessible where the speaker verbally describes relevant visual information on slides — including text, images, graphics, and other visual aids — as part of their narration during the presentation itself. Unlike audio descriptions…
- Live Description(also: Real-Time Description, Live Audio Description)
- The practice of providing descriptions of visual content in real time as events unfold, as opposed to scripted descriptions added during post-production of recorded media. Live description is used in contexts such as livestreaming, live theatre, sporting events, and…
- Minimum Viable Description(also: MVD)
- Minimum viable description (MVD) is an emerging framework for audio description that establishes the foundational level of visual information needed to provide equal access to video content without introducing bias or cognitive overload. Rather than attempting to describe…
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