Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Route Description(also: Verbal Route Description, Navigation Instructions)
- A verbal or written account of how to travel from one location to another, including directions, landmarks, warnings, and environmental features. Research with blind and partially sighted travelers has shown that effective route descriptions include information about turns and…
- Route Learning(also: Route Familiarization)
- The process by which a traveler — particularly a blind or low-vision person — acquires a mental representation of a specific path through an environment, including its turns, landmarks, distances, surface changes, and points of interest. Route learning is a core component of…
- Route Planning(also: Journey Planning, Pre-Journey Planning)
- The process of determining a path from an origin to a destination before travel begins, including selecting roads or paths, identifying landmarks and decision points, and considering factors such as safety, accessibility, and personal preferences. For blind and visually impaired…
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