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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…

Microinteraction(also: Micro-interaction, Quick interaction)

A brief, high-frequency interaction with a device that typically takes a sighted user less than four seconds to complete, such as checking the time, glancing at a notification, or adjusting the volume. Microinteractions are significant for accessibility because they expose…

Mobile AR(also: Smartphone AR, Handheld AR)

Augmented reality experiences delivered on commodity smartphones and tablets using the built-in camera, display, inertial sensors, and (increasingly) depth sensors, without specialized AR headsets. Mobile AR platforms such as Apple's ARKit and Google's ARCore provide plane…

Mobile Phone(also: Cell Phone, Cellular Phone, Mobile)

A mobile phone is a portable radio-telephone that connects to the public telephone network over cellular radio infrastructure. In digital-accessibility practice mobile phones are both an accessibility tool and an accessibility barrier: they are a primary delivery mechanism for…

Mobile Virtual Reality(also: Mobile VR, Smartphone VR)

Virtual reality systems delivered through a smartphone and consumer-grade accessories (wireless headphones, simple hand-held mounts) rather than a dedicated head-mounted display and PC rig. For accessibility, mobile VR is significant because it uses devices that blind and…

Mobile Web Best Practices(also: MWBP, MWBP 1.0)

A W3C recommendation published in 2006 that defines good usability and accessibility practices for delivering web content to mobile devices. Derived from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0), Mobile Web Best Practices focuses on guidelines that have a direct…

Mobile Web Initiative(also: MWI, W3C Mobile Web Initiative)

The W3C Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) was a program launched in 2005 to improve the experience of accessing the web from mobile devices such as cell phones and handheld systems. Operating in a manner similar to the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), the MWI developed best…

MultiTap(also: Multi-Tap)

A standard text-entry method used on mobile phone keypads where groups of three or four letters are assigned to each numeric key, and users press the key consecutively to cycle through the available letters. For example, pressing the "2" key once produces "a," twice produces…

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