Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Grade 1 Braille(also: Uncontracted Braille, Alphabetic Braille)
- The basic level of braille in which each letter, number, and punctuation mark is represented by its own distinct braille cell, with no abbreviations or contractions. Grade 1 braille is typically used by beginning braille learners and for labeling purposes. While straightforward…
- Grade 2 Braille(also: Contracted Braille)
- The standard form of braille used in most published materials, which employs contractions — single braille characters or short groups of characters that represent common words, letter combinations, or word parts. Grade 2 braille is more concise than Grade 1, reducing reading and…
- Grapheme
- The smallest unit of a writing system, typically a letter or group of letters that represents a single phoneme (sound). For example, the word "ship" contains three graphemes: <sh>, <i>, and <p>. Understanding grapheme-phoneme correspondence — how written letters map to spoken…
- Graphicacy(also: Graph Literacy, Visual Literacy)
- The ability to read, interpret, and communicate information presented in graphs, charts, maps, and other visual representations of data. Graphicacy is considered a foundational literacy alongside reading, writing, and numeracy. It involves three progressive stages: reading the…
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