Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Route Description(also: Verbal Route Description, Navigation Instructions)
- A verbal or written account of how to travel from one location to another, including directions, landmarks, warnings, and environmental features. Research with blind and partially sighted travelers has shown that effective route descriptions include information about turns and…
- Route Knowledge(also: Procedural Knowledge, Sequential Knowledge)
- Route knowledge is a type of spatial understanding that consists of sequential, turn-by-turn information about how to get from one place to another along a specific path. In navigation for people with disabilities, route knowledge is what most GPS apps provide — step-by-step…
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