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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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Caption quality metric(also: ACE metric, Caption evaluation metric)
A measure designed to predict how understandable automatically generated captions are for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing users, as an alternative to standard Word Error Rate which correlates poorly with actual DHH comprehension. The Automatic Caption Evaluation (ACE) metric combines…
Code-switching(also: Language switching, Code-mixing)
Code-switching is the practice of alternating between two or more languages, dialects, or communication styles within a single conversation or even a single sentence. It is common in multilingual households, immigrant communities, and among speakers of non-standard dialects.…
Connected Speech Recognition(also: Continuous Speech Recognition)
A form of automatic speech recognition in which users speak words naturally, with normal coarticulation and minimal pauses, rather than pausing between each word as required by older 'discrete' or 'isolated-word' recognisers. Connected-speech recognition was a significant…

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