Transparency and translucency indices for 1,525 pictograms from the Aragonese Portal of Augmentative and Alternative Communication.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the transparency and translucency of 1,525 pictograms from the Aragonese Portal of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ARASAAC). A total of 521 participants took part in tasks that involved providing the word that best described the meaning of a pictogram or rating the relationship between a pictogram and a verbal label. This process allowed us to obtain indices of transparency (the quality of pictograms that makes their meaning easily "guessable" in the absence of their referent) and translucency (the degree of perceived relationship between the pictogram and its referent when the latter is present) which were further analyzed to assess their reliability and comparability with similar studies. Additionally, the relationship of those indices with various vis

SUBMITTER: Diez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11533329 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature