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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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Onomatopoeia: Words that phonetically imitate or suggest the sound they describe, such as "buzz," "crash," "swoosh," or "sizzle." In captioning, onomatopoeia is one approach to representing non-speech sounds, offering viewers a sense of the acoustic quality of a sound. However, research shows…
Open Captioning(also: Open Captions, Burned-In Captions): Captions that are permanently embedded into the video image and cannot be turned off by the viewer. Unlike closed captions, open captions are part of the visual content itself, making them visible to all viewers regardless of device or platform support. Open captions are…
Open Captions(also: Burned-in Captions, Hard-coded Captions): Captions that are permanently embedded into a video and cannot be turned off by the viewer. Unlike closed captions, which can be toggled on or off, open captions are always visible as part of the video image itself. Open captions are sometimes used when a platform does not…

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