Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Verbosity(also: Verbosity Level, Screen Reader Verbosity)
- Verbosity refers to the level of detail that an assistive technology — particularly a screen reader or voice browser — provides when announcing interface elements and content. Most screen readers allow users to adjust verbosity settings to control how much contextual information…
- Virtual Cursor(also: Browse Mode Cursor, Virtual PC Cursor)
- A navigation mechanism used by screen readers that creates a linearized, text-based representation of a web page through which users can move sequentially. Unlike a visual cursor that points to a location on screen, the virtual cursor moves through the page's content structure —…
- Visual Fragmentation(also: Visual Grouping, Visually Fragmented Grouping)
- The design practice of organizing web page content into distinct visual groups using layout techniques such as background colors, tables, spacing, horizontal lines, and borders. Sighted users perceive these groupings at a glance and understand their roles (navigation, main…
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