Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Detectable Warnings(also: Detectable Warning Surfaces, Tactile Warning Surfaces)
- Detectable warnings are standardised tactile surface features installed on walking surfaces to alert people with visual impairments to hazards or transitions — most commonly the edge of a transit platform, the bottom of a curb ramp, or the junction between pedestrian and…
- Digital Embroidery(also: Computerised Embroidery, Machine Embroidery)
- Fabrication of stitched patterns on fabric using a computer-controlled embroidery machine that reads a digitised design file (e.g., DST, EXP) and drives a needle to produce precise, repeatable stitches. In accessibility work, digital embroidery is used to build tactile textile…
- Dynamic Tactile Graphics(also: Interactive Tactile Graphics, Animated Tactile Graphics)
- Tactile representations of visual information that can change, move, or respond to user interaction in real time, as opposed to traditional static tactile graphics which are fixed once produced. Dynamic tactile graphics can be created through shape displays with movable pins,…
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