Single test results: Technique for linking to a single extended description placed in a separate HTML file via text hyperlinks (extdescription-020)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, extdescription-020, which appears in the Extended Descriptions test book.
This test currently has a 60.78% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Technique for linking to a single extended description placed in a separate HTML file via text hyperlinks ( extdescription-020) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi NVDA Windows | FAIL | Hyperlink can be activated but the screen reader focus does not land at the desired location particularly on using the back link. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | After moving the link by using the shortcut key Alt+M (move link), read the contents and return to the original position by using the shortcut key in the link of the last line. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | After moving the link by using the shortcut key Alt+M (move link), read the contents and return to the original position by using the shortcut key in the link of the last line. |
| Books Voiceover iOS | FAIL | The main difficulty is that Voiceover does not announce the text to be activated as a link. On tapping it the focus moves to top of target page and the return link also brings focus to the bar chart. |
| Bookshare Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshare Reader Chrome macOS | PASS | |
| Bookshelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The link is visible, and when it is followed the display moves to the correct position in the title. |
| Bookshelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | Voiceover focus returns to the correct location after using back link. |
| Bookshelf Windows | PASS | The links are displayed as expected, and Thorium displays the extended description and visually returns to the correct place in the publication as expected. |
| Bookshelf Voiceover Safari macOS | PASS | The link does take you to the new page with the extended description. Upon arrival you are told "Description of Bar Chart" which is correct and you can start moving into the content directly which was completely accessible. The link back to the original image worked correctly and you are placed where you were originally on the link to the extended description. |
| Bookshelf macOS | PASS | This works as expected. The link takes the display to the extended description and the other link takes it back again to the correct spot. |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Chrome Windows | FAIL | The back link does not take you to the place where you started. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Firefox 62+ Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Firefox 62+ Windows | FAIL | |
| Bookshelf TalkBack Android | FAIL | The back link puts the Talkback focus at the top of chapter. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Windows | PASS | On using the back link the NVDA focus move to the navigation controls. But on navigating to book text, the focus lands on corect location. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | The linking is accurate. |
| Bookworm NVDA Windows | FAIL | Hyperlink cannot be activated |
| Clusive NVDA Windows | FAIL | The link is activated, but you are taken to a fedback dialogue, which interrupted the reading experience. |
| Colibrio Reader TalkBack Android | FAIL | The link was announced correctly, and when followed the focus went to the correct section. On using the back link Talkback reading can be started only from top of screen containing the target text. |
| Colibrio Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Linking works fine. |
| EBSCO Reader Jaws Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| EasyReader Android | PASS | Works as expected. The link is visible and can be followed to the extended description, and back again. |
| EasyReader Voiceover iOS | FAIL | The hyperlink activation is not working with Voiceover. The link can be detected and activated but the destination page is not displayed. |
| EasyReader Jaws Windows 11 | FAIL | The link when activated momentarily displays the destination page and the focus returns to the link. |
| EasyReader TalkBack Android | FAIL | The “follow for extended description” link when activated does not show the destination page. |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | FAIL | Generally, there are issues with the hyperlink navigation. |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | I can activate the link and read the extended description placed in a separate HTML file. Through the link back to the main content I reach the same location where I left off. This only works by using an assistive technology. |
| Kindle TalkBack Android | FAIL | Cannot activate hyperlink with Talkback. |
| Kindle Voiceover iOS | FAIL | The hyperlinks are not recognized by Voiceover. |
| Kindle NVDA Windows | PASS | It is difficult to detect and activate the link with screen reader. The screen reader links navigation commands are not supported. This can be improved. However, when link is activated, NVDA focus moves to the correct location. |
| Kurzweil 3000 macOS | PASS | Following the link takes the reading view to the extended description as expected. The description can be listened to with read aloud. It is possible to follow the link back to the original location as expected. |
| Play Books Voiceover iOS | FAIL | On using the back link the Voiceover reading cannot be started from correct position even though it is visible on screen. |
| Play Books TalkBack Android | FAIL | The focus does not go to the desired heading although image description can be read from beginning since it is the only content on the page. The back link takes focus to the top of page where link was activated. |
| RedShelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The links are displayed as expected, and Thorium displays the extended description and visually returns to the correct place in the publication as expected. |
| RedShelf Voiceover Safari macOS 10.14 | PASS | You are brought back to the correct place Amy's Experience: but when you have to reopen the iframe it brings you to the top of the page. So going to the extended description is fine since it is at the top of the new page. However, on returning back to the image in the book it is being read at the right place but once you try to open that iframe it jumps to the top. It might be a VO/Safari issue which focuses automatically at the top of the page. Charles: brought back to the correct location with Voice over Running, so not sure why Amy's required her to open back up the iframe. |
| RedShelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Unlike the test in non-visual book, the back link here brings the NVDA focus to the correct location. Probably this is because the destination text is a paragraph of its own and not inline or because it is at the end of the document. |
| RedShelf Jaws Chrome Windows | PASS | Unlike the hyperlink test in non-visual test book, the bakc link here does bring the focus to the right location. It could have something to do with the link text being a separate paragraph or at the end of the document. |
| RedShelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | Works as required. |
| RedShelf TalkBack Android | PASS | Works as required. The Talkback focus returns to correct location. |
| Texthelp ePub Reader Edge Windows | FAIL | The link to the extended description does not work. |
| Thorium Reader Windows | PASS | The links are displayed as expected, and Thorium displays the extended description and visually returns to the correct place in the publication as expected. |
| Thorium Reader macOS | PASS | Navigating to / from the extended description as expected. Read Aloud accurately reads the extended description and links to and from the additional content. |
| Thorium Reader Voiceover macOS | PASS | The link does take you to the new page with the extended description. You are placed at the top of the page and the heading is read and you can navigate immediately through the extended description, which is what I would expect to happen. However clicking on the backlink had a small issue. You are taken back to the initial link to the extended description and this is read correctly and you can activate it again to get back to the extended description which is expected behavior. However, when you try to move off this link you can't and trying to exit from this link brings you back up one level and you must interact again with the content which brings you back to the top of the page where you must select the hidden "underscore underscore" to get back to the link where you can finally navigate past this link element. |
| Thorium Reader NVDA Windows | PASS | The links to the correct locations are working correctly. |
| Thorium Reader Jaws Windows | PASS | The links take you to the exact location. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | FAIL | This tests fails because after selecting the link back to the image, I don’t reach the exact reading position where I left off but at the bottom of the page. However, the navigation works smoothly and I can read the extended describtion placed in a separate file. |
| Thorium Reader [Spanish] NVDA Windows | PASS | |
| Vanilla Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | The back link brings the Screen reader focus to correct location. |
| Voice Dream Reader Voiceover iOS | FAIL | The description can be read. However, the back link does not return the Voiceover focus to the correct location. |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | FAIL | The link was announced but it was to possible to activate it. |