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Temporal Agency

The degree of control a viewer has over the timing and pace of media content consumption. In accessibility contexts, temporal agency refers to the ability to slow down, pause, rewind, or otherwise adjust the temporal flow of audiovisual content to accommodate individual processing needs. For people with aphasia or other cognitive and language difficulties, increased temporal agency can reduce barriers caused by fast-paced speech, rapidly changing visuals, or dense information delivery in media.

Category: media accessibility · cognitive accessibility

Related: Flexible Media · Parallel Viewing · Aphasia · Cognitive Accessibility

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