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a11y

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short for ‘‘accessibility’’ (there are 11 letters between ‘‘a’’ and ‘‘y’’)

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ACAA

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Air Carrier Access Act

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accessibility

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the extent to which a product is functionally usable by people with disabilities

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activate

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perform the default action on a specific element without regard to the specific method such as with a mouse, keyboard, by voice, etc.

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active element

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the element which currently has focus

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ADA

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Americans with Disabilities Act

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alt text

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text associated with an image that communicates the equivalent purpose of the image

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alternative flow

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a secondary path a user might take to perform a task in a use case

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ARIA

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Accessible Rich Internet Application – additional states and properties added to page content and widgets that provide new or enhanced semantic meaning to elements

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assistive technology

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tools used to increase, maintain, or allow access to something that would otherwise be difficult or impossible for a person with a disability to access

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attribute

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a named property of an element generally with a value

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audio description

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a track that describes what is happening in a video (beyond dialogue)

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audit

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a review of your system to determine overall compliance

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automatic testing

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tests which can be run by a computer with no human help

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best practices

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documents describing accessibility issues and the best way to solve them

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blind

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having no usable level of visual perception

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captions

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on-screen text that is synchronized with dialogue, identifies the speaker, and other sounds (e.g., music, creaking door)

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cognitive disability

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a range of disabilities that may cause difficulty understanding or performing certain tasks

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colorblind

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an inability to distinguish between certain colors

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complaint

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a formal filing in a court of law that initiates a lawsuit

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compliance

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adhering to the laws and/or standards

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conformance

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adhering to the laws and/or standards

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contrast / contrast ratio

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a ratio indicating the visibility between the lightness of two colors, such as a text and background

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crawler

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a process which catalogs all the reachable pages on a website (aka “spider”)

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CVAA
21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act
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deaf
having no usable perception of sound
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demand letter
a letter stating a legal claim, often sent before a formal complaint is filed, as an attempt to settle out of court
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development lifecycle
the process of developing a system: planning, creating, testing, deploying, maintaining
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DOM
Document Object Model – the internal hierarchical construct of the content and containers in a web page generated and maintained by a web browser
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Dragon
a commercial voice-to-text application, supporting both text input and voice control of software and websites
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EIT
Electronic & Information Technology
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element
a single node in the DOM tree
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enter or input
type something into the form field
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exception
a branch of a use case that tests what happens when the user makes an error
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focus
a control or piece of content that is the current point of interest, that can be read by a screen reader, clicked by a mouse, or manipulated by keyboard
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functionally accessible
when a use case does not conform 100% to accessibility standards but a user is still able to complete the task
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gain focus on
keyboard focus moves to a specific element
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groundwork
identifying and capturing a specific set of modules and use cases which give a representative sample of the system
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guided automatic test
automatic tests which need verification by a person
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hard of hearing
having limited audio perception
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ICT
Information and Communications Technology
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intellectual disability
see cognitive disability
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ITI
Information Technology Industry (Council)
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JAWS
a commercial screen reader for Windows primarily used by people who are blind or visually impaired
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label
text or image with alt text that is presented to the user to identify and describe what goes in a particular field (e.g., “Date of Birth”) or what a check box or radio button relates to (e.g., “Yes” or “18-35 years old”)
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learning disability
see cognitive disability
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legally blind
20/200 or less vision or less than a 20-degree field of vision in the best corrected eye
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limited mobility
having limited control of the physical body or pain when moving
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locate
browse through the system to find a certain element
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low vision
having limited visual perception
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manual testing
tests which require a human to run them
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module
a group of related content and/or controls (e.g., navigation bar or full web page)
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navigate
move to a particular page or a particular location on the page
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noticeability
likelihood that a given violation will be detected by users of a system
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NVDA
a free screen reader for Windows
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occurrence [rate]
measure of how often a particular violation happens within a module
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OCR
Office for Civil Rights (generally at an organization, department, or agency level)
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OCR
optical character recognition – technology which attempts to convert an image of text into usable text characters that can be read by a screen reader
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operable
when a user can operate a user interface or component to perform an interaction
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overlay
JavaScript that remediates accessibility issues on page load. A quick way to achieve compliance while working on code-level changes over time.
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perceivable
content and controls must be presented in a way that is not invisible to all of a person’s senses
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QA
Quality Assurance – the process of reviewing and testing a product or new feature before releasing it to the public
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refreshable braille display
a device often controlled by a screen reader that translates on-screen or electronic text into refreshable Braille generally using actuators to control physical Braille cells
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regression testing
testing that a remediation has been successful and has not introduced new bugs
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remediation
fixing issues discovered by testing
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responsive (web design)
content adapts automatically based on the size of the display (computer, tablet, phone)
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retrofitting
implementing fixes in an existing system
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robust
content must remain usable as technologies advance
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role
an indicator of type (e.g., button, checkbox)
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screen magnifier
software that enlarges the content and provides visual cues to navigate
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screen reader
software that reads screen content out loud, often drives a refreshable Braille display, and allows navigation by keyboard
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SDLC
Software Development Lifecycle – see “development lifecycle”
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Section 1557
part of the Affordable Care Act which relates to digital accessibility
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Section 255
part of the Communications Act which relates to telecommunications accessibility
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Section 508
part of the Rehabilitation Act which requires use, maintenance, development, and procurement of accessible ICT by the US federal government
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severity
measure of how large an impact on the user experience a best practice violation will have
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sip and puff
a device that allows someone with very limited mobility to operate technology via air pressure from their mouth
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speech impairment
a range of disabilities ranging from no speech to difficulty speaking clearly
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spider
a process which catalogs all the reachable pages on a website (aka “crawler”)
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structure
hierarchy of content, usually created with headings and subheadings
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success criteria
specific technical standards for a particular element of your website/app/product
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support statement
document outlining your product’s support of the WCAG success criteria
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switch access / control
buttons with large targets that allow a person with limited mobility to operate a device
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tagging
process by which a PDF is made accessible to screen readers by providing semantic information and structural hierarchy to the content of the PDF
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TalkBack
a free screen reader for Android devices
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text-to-speech
the process of converting computer text to audible speech
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tractability
estimated costs of fixing violations in accordance with best practices
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transcription
a document that contains the same dialogue including indication of speakers and other information as a video or audio clip
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UAT
User Acceptance Testing – testing performed by a client on a supplier’s product or content before the client accepts that product or content
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understandable
the information and operation must be easily comprehensible
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use case
a task a user can do in your system (e.g., create new account)
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User Agent
a browser or similar piece of technology which converts web page content from technical languages (e.g., HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) to a format with which a user can interact (usually a visual webpage)
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User Agent String
an identifier sent by a browser with each request that includes basic information like browser name, version, and operating system
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validation testing
testing that a remediation has been successful and has not introduced new bugs
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visual indication of keyboard focus
a box shown on the display that contains the currently focused content or control
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voice-to-text
the process of converting a user’s speech into navigation or typed words
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VoiceOver
a free screen reader included on MacOS and iOS devices
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VPAT
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template – accessibility support statement required for selling into the federal government
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W3C
World Wide Web Consortium – sets the standards used to make web technologies interoperable
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WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – lay out the minimum requirements to make content and controls accessible
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ZoomText
a commercial application that allows users to magnify content on their screen and/or change foreground and background colors to achieve more contrast

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