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Media Accessibility(also: Accessible Media)

The practice of ensuring that media content — including images, videos, audio, GIFs, memes, and other multimedia formats — is perceivable and understandable by people with diverse abilities. Media accessibility encompasses providing alternative text for images, captions and…

Mind Map(also: Mind Mapping, Concept Map)

A diagram that organises information radially around a central topic, with branches and sub-branches showing related ideas, supporting details, and their connections. Mind maps were popularised in the 1970s by Tony Buzan as a general study and note-taking technique. In…

Minimum Viable Description(also: MVD)

Minimum viable description (MVD) is an emerging framework for audio description that establishes the foundational level of visual information needed to provide equal access to video content without introducing bias or cognitive overload. Rather than attempting to describe…

Multilingual Accessibility(also: Multilingual Web Accessibility)

The practice of ensuring that web content and digital services are accessible to people with disabilities across multiple languages and cultural contexts. Multilingual accessibility sits at the intersection of web accessibility and web localization, recognising that translated…

Multilingualism(also: Multilingual Accessibility, Language Diversity)

The use of or support for multiple languages within a system, platform, community, or society. In the context of digital accessibility, multilingualism refers to the design and development of websites and applications that can present content and interfaces in multiple…

Multimodal Summarization(also: Multimodal Summary, MMS)

A technique for presenting information through multiple complementary formats — typically combining pictures, simplified text, and structural diagrams — to improve comprehension of complex content. Multimodal summarization is particularly valuable for accessibility because it…

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