Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- M-Pesa(also: Mobile Money)
- A mobile money transfer and financial services platform widely used in Kenya and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, allowing users to deposit, withdraw, transfer money, and pay for goods and services via their mobile phones. M-Pesa is deeply embedded in daily life in Kenya and…
- Material Culture
- The physical objects, artefacts, and environments that a community produces, uses, and inhabits, along with the meanings and practices embedded in them. In AI and accessibility research, material culture matters because computer vision systems trained on objects from one…
- Mobile Disability Gap(also: Digital Disability Divide, Smartphone Disability Gap)
- The disparity in mobile phone and smartphone ownership, access, and usage between disabled and non-disabled populations. In Kenya, smartphone ownership among disabled individuals is only 12% compared to 41% for non-disabled people — a 72% gap. The mobile disability gap is driven…
- Multilingual AAC(also: Multilingual Communication Device)
- Augmentative and alternative communication systems designed to support communication in multiple languages, reflecting the linguistic diversity of users and their communication partners. Multilingual AAC is particularly important in the Global South, where multilingualism is…
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