Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- 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…
- Haptic Exploration(also: Tactile Exploration, Touch Exploration)
- The process of acquiring spatial and object information through systematic touch and hand movements. Haptic exploration involves active manipulation and movement across surfaces to perceive shape, size, texture, temperature, and spatial relationships. For people who are blind or…
- Haptic Glove(also: Data Glove, Tactile Glove, Wearable Haptic Device)
- A wearable device worn on the hand that provides tactile feedback through vibration motors, piezoelectric actuators, pin arrays, or other mechanisms embedded in the fingers and palm. In accessibility research, haptic gloves have been explored for several applications: enabling…
- Home Page Reader(also: IBM Home Page Reader, HPR)
- A talking web browser developed by IBM Japan in the late 1990s, designed specifically for blind and low-vision users. Home Page Reader combined a web rendering engine with the ProTalker text-to-speech synthesiser and exposed navigation commands through the numeric keypad,…
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