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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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Non-Speech Audio(also: Non-Verbal Audio, Non-Speech Sound)
Auditory output that conveys information through sounds other than spoken words — for example tones, clicks, earcons, auditory icons, musical motifs, or vowel-like timbres. Non-speech audio is widely used in accessibility because it can be faster and less cognitively demanding…
Nonspeech Audio(also: Non-Speech Sounds, Auditory Cues)
Audio feedback in user interfaces that conveys information through sounds other than synthesized or recorded speech, including earcons (abstract musical motifs), auditory icons (realistic sounds representing actions or objects), and sonification (data mapped to sound…

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