Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Offline Access(also: Offline Mode, Disconnected Access, Offline-First)
- The ability to use digital content, applications, or services without an active internet connection. Offline access is an important accessibility consideration because it ensures that users in areas with unreliable, expensive, or nonexistent connectivity — including many rural…
- On-body Input(also: Skin-based Input, Body-based Interaction)
- An interaction technique that uses the surface of the user's own body — typically the hand, arm, or other skin areas — as an input surface for controlling digital devices. On-body input is sensed through wearable cameras, depth sensors, capacitive touch sensors, or acoustic…
- On-device Recognition(also: On-Device Inference, Edge Recognition)
- Performing pattern recognition - such as sign language recognition, speech recognition, or computer vision - locally on the user's device rather than by sending input to a remote server. On-device recognition matters for accessibility because it preserves privacy (camera or…
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