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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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Landmark Detection(also: Acoustic Landmark Detection, Stevens Landmark Theory)
Landmark detection is a speech analysis method based on Kenneth Stevens' acoustic model of speech production, which identifies perceptually significant points in the acoustic signal where listeners extract information about underlying distinctive features. Three primary landmark…
Listening Window
The interval during which a voice assistant or speech-recognition system actively captures user audio after being activated (by wake word or button press). A short or fixed listening window causes premature cut-offs for users who pause while formulating speech — common for…

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