Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- NER Model(also: Number, Edition, Recognition Model, NER Accuracy Model)
- A caption-quality evaluation model developed by Pablo Romero-Fresco and Juan Martínez Pérez for measuring the accuracy of live subtitling and respeaking. Unlike Word Error Rate, which penalises all errors equally, the NER model weights each error by how much it affects the…
- Non-Speech Captions(also: Non-Speech Sound Captions, Non-Dialogue Captions)
- Textual descriptions of non-speech audio elements in media content, including environmental sounds, music, and sound effects, displayed as part of closed or open captions. Non-speech captions are essential for Deaf and Hard of Hearing viewers to access auditory information…
- Non-Speech Information(also: NSI, Non-Dialogue Audio Information)
- Any audio content in media that is not spoken dialogue, including environmental sounds, music, sound effects, and ambient noise. Non-speech information plays a critical role in storytelling by conveying mood, indicating off-screen events, and providing contextual cues. For…
- Non-Speech Sounds(also: Non-Speech Audio, Sound Effects)
- Auditory content in media that is not spoken dialogue, including music, environmental noises, sound effects, laughter, applause, and other ambient sounds. Non-speech sounds carry important narrative, emotional, and contextual information that contributes to a viewer's…
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