Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Emacspeak(also: The Emacspeak Audio Desktop)
- A free, open-source speech output system built on top of the Emacs text editor that provides complete auditory access to a computing environment for blind and visually impaired users. Created by T. V. Raman in 1994 and still actively maintained, Emacspeak pioneered the concept…
- Emoji(also: Emojis)
- Small pictographic characters — faces, gestures, objects, symbols — encoded as Unicode code points and rendered by platform-specific font sets, used to convey affect, tone, and non-verbal nuance in otherwise text-based or visually-limited communication. For accessibility, emoji…
- Explore by Touch(also: Touch Exploration)
- A screen reader interaction mode on touchscreen devices in which users drag their finger across the screen to discover and hear descriptions of interface elements beneath their fingertip. When Explore by Touch is active, a single tap does not activate a control — instead, the…
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