Introduction

Learning about technology accessibility is a journey! Whether you’re just starting off or you’ve been on the accessibility path for a while, you may encounter lingo that you’re not yet familiar with. Check out our list below to learn some essentials about various terms, and if you notice we’re missing one, email tap@wfu.edu so we can get it added!

A B C H K M N P R S T U V W

A

Accessibility

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A11Y

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Accommodations

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Adaptive strategies

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Adaptive switches

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Alt (Alternative) text

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ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Application)

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ASL (American Sign Language)

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Assistive listening device

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Assistive technology

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B

Braille display

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C

Captions

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CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation)

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Color contrast

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H

Heading structure

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HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

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K

Keyboard navigation

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M

Math ML (Mathematical Markup Language)

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Meaningful links

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N

Native digital document

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P

“PDF Makeover”

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R

Real text

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S

Screen reader

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Source document

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Speech-to-text

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T

TAP (Technology Accessibility Program)

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Technology Accessibility

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Text-to-speech (TTS)

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Transcripts

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U

Universal Design

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V

Virtual Event

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W

WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)

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This Glossary is created and supported by the IS Technology Accessibility team and the ACWG.