Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- ATutor
- ATutor is an open-source web-based Learning Management System (LMS) developed at the University of Toronto's Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC, now the Inclusive Design Research Centre) with accessibility as a founding design principle. Created in the early 2000s to…
- Emacspeak(also: The Emacspeak Audio Desktop)
- A free, open-source speech output system built on top of the Emacs text editor that provides complete auditory access to a computing environment for blind and visually impaired users. Created by T. V. Raman in 1994 and still actively maintained, Emacspeak pioneered the concept…
- HULOP(also: Human-scale Localization Platform)
- An open-source indoor navigation platform originally developed by IBM Research to support blind navigation using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon fingerprinting for localisation plus a topological map server for route planning and point-of-interest data. HULOP has been used as…
- Moodle
- An open-source learning management system (LMS) used worldwide by universities, schools, and workplaces for course delivery, assessment, and content hosting. Moodle supports accessibility through themes that meet WCAG, an Accessibility Toolkit plugin for content checking, and an…
- Universal Maths Conversion Library(also: UMCL)
- An open-source programming library that encapsulates converters for different Braille mathematical codes, enabling applications to convert between MathML and various national Braille mathematical notations. UMCL supports multiple Braille math systems including Nemeth code (used…
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