Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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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…
- Mimetic Language(also: Sound Symbolism, Phonomimes, Ideophones)
- Words or vocalizations whose sounds imitate or evoke the sensory qualities of what they describe, such as the rustle of leaves, the thud of a drum, or the hiss of escaping air. Mimetic language sits alongside and overlaps with onomatopoeia but extends to non-auditory qualities…
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