Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Latency(also: Delay, Lag, Response Time)
- The time delay between when an event occurs and when its accessible representation is delivered to the user. In real-time captioning, latency is the gap between spoken words and their appearance as text, typically measured in seconds. In screen readers and other assistive…
- Live Captioning(also: Real-Time Captioning, Live Captions)
- The process of converting spoken language into text displayed in real time, enabling Deaf and hard of hearing individuals to follow live audio content such as meetings, lectures, broadcasts, and events. Live captioning may be performed by human stenographers (CART providers),…
- Live Captioning(also: Real-Time Captioning, CART)
- The process of creating captions in real time as audio content is being produced, rather than from a pre-existing script. Live captioning is used in television news broadcasts, live events, videoconferences, and classrooms. It presents unique challenges including a natural…
- Logocentrism
- In captioning studies, the systematic prioritization of speech and spoken language over non-speech sounds in captioning practices and technologies. Logocentrism in captioning manifests as speech captions receiving more attention, resources, and technical development than…
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