Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Rapid Serial Visual Presentation(also: RSVP)
- A text display method in which words or short phrases are shown one at a time in a fixed location on screen in quick succession, eliminating the need for eye movements (saccades) between words. RSVP was first proposed in the 1950s for reading research and adapted for practical…
- Read-Along(also: Read Along, Synchronised Highlighting, Karaoke-style Highlighting)
- An accessibility pattern in which on-screen text is highlighted word-by-word or phrase-by-phrase in synchronisation with spoken audio. Used in children's reading apps, language-learning tools, accessible ebook formats (e.g., EPUB Media Overlays), and podcast players.…
- Respeaking(also: Speech-to-Speech Captioning, Voice Writing)
- A real-time captioning method in which a trained operator listens to speech and repeats it clearly into a speech recognition system optimized for their voice, producing captions. Respeaking is commonly used in broadcast television captioning and live events. It requires less…
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