Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Tactile Data Comics(also: TDC)
- A presentation method for accessible education that combines step-by-step tactile graphics on a refreshable tactile display with synchronized verbal narration. Inspired by visual data comics, tactile data comics decompose complex images into sequential frames that progressively…
- Tactile Exploration(also: Haptic Exploration, Touch-Based Exploration)
- The process of perceiving and understanding objects, surfaces, or spatial layouts through systematic touch. For blind and low vision users, tactile exploration is a primary means of gathering spatial and structural information about the physical world. Effective tactile…
- Tactile Graphics(also: Tactile Diagrams, Raised Graphics)
- Visual information represented in a raised or textured format that can be perceived through touch, enabling blind and low vision users to access charts, maps, diagrams, and illustrations. Tactile graphics use combinations of raised lines, textures, and braille labels to convey…
- Tactile Model(also: 3D Tactile Object, Touch Model)
- A three-dimensional physical object designed to be explored through touch, used to convey spatial, structural, or conceptual information to blind and low vision users. Tactile models can represent anything from anatomical structures to geographical features to scientific…
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