Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- RESOLV Icons(also: Representational Enumerated Semi-transparent Overlaid Labels for Voice)
- A visual disambiguation technique for voice interfaces where semi-transparent numbered labels are overlaid on screen elements that match an ambiguous voice command. When a user speaks a command that could refer to multiple targets, RESOLV icons appear next to each matching…
- Relaxed Scoping(also: Flexible Scoping)
- A voice navigation strategy that allows users to name any target on the screen directly without first navigating through a hierarchy. Relaxed scoping prioritizes efficiency by enabling single-command access to interface elements, but it increases the potential for target…
- Reminiscence therapy(also: Reminiscence, Life review therapy, Memory sharing)
- A therapeutic intervention widely used with older adults and people with dementia that involves the structured recall and sharing of personal memories and life experiences, often supported by prompts such as photographs, music, objects, or — increasingly — digital technologies.…
- Reverse Privacy Paradox
- The reverse privacy paradox is a pattern, described by Zhang and colleagues in research on LLM-based conversational agents, in which users appear to disregard privacy concerns in the moment of use while still recognising those concerns exist and being willing to adopt…
- Rigid Scoping
- A voice navigation strategy that requires users to explicitly navigate through a hierarchical structure before issuing commands to specific targets. In rigid scoping, the user must first select a container or menu level, then name items within that scope, preventing ambiguity by…
- Robotic Social Attributes Scale(also: RoSAS, RoSAS-SF, Robotic Social Attributes Scale Short Form)
- A validated psychometric instrument developed by Carpinella et al. (2017) that measures how people perceive the social attributes of a robot along three subscales: Warmth (how likable, friendly, and companionable the robot feels), Competence (how capable, knowledgeable, and…
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