Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Barrier Pointing(also: Edge-Based Pointing)
- An interaction technique for touch screens that uses the physical edges of a device as barriers to assist with target acquisition. When a target is placed near a screen edge, users can slide their finger or stylus toward the edge, using it as a physical stop to improve selection…
- Binary Selection(also: Binary Choice, Yes/No Selection)
- An interaction method where users make choices between two options at each step, progressively narrowing down to their desired selection through a series of binary decisions. Binary selection is used in some AAC systems, including Look to Speak where users look left or right to…
- Body-Centric Design
- Design approaches in technology that center on the user's physical body as the primary means of interaction, such as VR systems that rely on body tracking, gestures, and physical movement. While body-centric design can create natural and intuitive interactions, it inherently…
- Brushing and Linking(also: Brush and Link, Linked Highlighting)
- An interactive visualization technique where selecting or highlighting data in one chart automatically highlights the corresponding data in other linked charts within a dashboard. For example, clicking a bar in a bar chart might highlight the same data points in an adjacent…
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