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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Assistive technology''' β Tools and devices helping people with disabilities perform tasks they might otherwise struggle with. * '''Accessibility (a11y)''' β Design and practice of making products usable by people of all abilities. * '''Screen reader''' β Software reading screen content aloud for visually impaired users; interacts with accessibility APIs. * '''Alternative text (alt text)''' β Text descriptions of images enabling screen readers to convey visual content to blind users. * '''WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)''' β International standards for web accessibility; WCAG 2.1/2.2 are current. * '''Optical Character Recognition (OCR)''' β Converting images of text to machine-readable text; enables document accessibility. * '''Automatic captioning''' β Real-time speech-to-text for captions/subtitles; transforms accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing users. * '''Image description (AI)''' β AI generating natural language descriptions of images; makes visual content accessible to blind users. * '''Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)''' β Tools helping people with speech/language impairments communicate. * '''Eye tracking''' β Detecting where a user is looking; enables hands-free computer control for motor-impaired users. * '''Switch scanning''' β Interface technique where users press a switch to select highlighted options; combined with AI prediction to speed selection. * '''Sign language recognition''' β Using computer vision to interpret sign language gestures. * '''Cognitive accessibility''' β Designing for users with cognitive, learning, or intellectual disabilities; AI can simplify language, structure content. * '''Microsoft Seeing AI''' β An AI-powered smartphone app providing audio descriptions of images, text, and scenes for visually impaired users. * '''Live Captions (OS-level)''' β Real-time captioning built into Windows, Android, iOS, and macOS using on-device speech recognition. </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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