Single test results: Select and copy text (reading-1310)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, reading-1310, which appears in the Non-visual Reading test book.
This test currently has a 60.87% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Select and copy text ( reading-1310) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi NVDA Windows | PASS | Select text with the system cursor, for example pressing shift+arrow keys, and press control+c. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | FAIL | The function is not provided due to the copyright issue of the book |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | FAIL | The function is not provided due to the copyright issue of the book |
| Books Voiceover iOS | FAIL | Selection and copy of text is not supported with Voiceover. |
| Bookshare Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | The Voiceover text selection can be used. However, at times the focus moves to the copy/close popup. From Voiceover rotor choose text selection and then line selection. Swipe left to right quickly to expand the selection. |
| Bookshelf Voiceover Safari macOS | PASS | Able to copy and paste content from the book using standard browser commands (command+c, command+v). |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf NVDA Firefox 62+ Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Firefox 62+ Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf TalkBack Android | FAIL | Precise text selection with Talkback is not supported. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Windows | PASS | Can select text with NVDA, copy and paste in external application. However, the selected text is not visually highlighted. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookworm NVDA Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| Clusive NVDA Windows | PASS | Copy and paste works fine. |
| Colibrio Reader TalkBack Android | FAIL | The TalkBack selection mode did not work correctly. It was possible to copy the paragraph containing the target text by having Talkback read it, then in the local context menu selecting 'Copy last spoken phrase'. |
| Colibrio Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Digital Editions Voiceover iOS 12 | FAIL | |
| Digital Editions TalkBack Android 9 | FAIL | No Talkback support |
| Digital Editions JAWS 18 Windows | FAIL | The application mostly stops responding. |
| EBSCO Reader JAWS 2020 Chrome Windows | FAIL | Text could not be copied. |
| EBSCO Reader Jaws Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| EasyReader Voiceover iOS | PASS | Use the selection feature, and then Edit to copy and paste the selected piece of text. |
| EasyReader Jaws Windows 11 | PASS | Text can be selected and copied with Jaws. |
| EasyReader TalkBack Android | FAIL | Text cannot be selected with Talkback. "Copy last utterance" can be used but it cannot be relied upon to copy multiple paragraphs or parts of paragraph. |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | FAIL | It is not possible to activate the control for selecting and copying text which is provided in the context menu of the screen reader. |
| Fulcrum Online NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Cannot highlight text but text spoken by NVDA can be selected and copied. |
| Kindle TalkBack Android | PASS | It is difficult to find the position where selection is to be started with Talkback. However, after double tap and hold, selection expansion and contraction controls are available on the screen. It takes time but desired text can be selected and copied using this feature. |
| Kindle Voiceover iOS | FAIL | Precise text selection is not supported with Voiceover. |
| Kindle NVDA Windows | FAIL | Text cannot be selected with NVDA |
| Kortext NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Text can be selected and copied even though it is not visually highlighted. |
| Play Books Voiceover iOS | FAIL | Text cannot be selected precisely with Voiceover. |
| Play Books TalkBack Android | FAIL | Text selection cannot be expanded or contracted with Talkback. |
| RedShelf Voiceover Safari macOS 10.14 | PASS | Able to copy and paste content from the book using standard browser commands (command+c, command+v). |
| RedShelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | With NVDA the selected text can be copied to other applications. |
| RedShelf Jaws Chrome Windows | FAIL | The text does not get copied. |
| RedShelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | Select Text selection in Voiceover rotor and then select text by lines or words. Then double tap with one finger to bring up the pop-up which has Copy button. App asks you to confirm if you want to copy the text. Text can be then pasted in other apps. |
| RedShelf TalkBack Android | FAIL | Cannot select text with Talkback. |
| Simply Reading TalkBack Android | FAIL | |
| Thorium Reader NVDA Windows | PASS | This works as expected |
| Thorium Reader Jaws Windows | PASS | Use normal copy and paste commands. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | PASS | The text can be selected as well as pasted into other applications. By using shift/right arrow the text can be selected by words or by using shift/down arrow the text can be selected by lines. Through ctrl/c you can copy it and through ctrl/v you can paste it into other applications. |
| Thorium Reader [Spanish] NVDA Windows | PASS | Seleccionar texto con shift+teclas de dirección, o NVDA+f9 para marcar el inicio y NVDA+f10 para marcar el final de la selección con el cursor de revisión. |
| Vanilla Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Precise selection and copy text is working. However, the given test passage is split into two pages by the reader and hence all text could not be selected. Any part of currently visible text can be selected and copied. |
| Voice Dream Reader Voiceover iOS | PASS | The app has dedicated text selection feature. After selection text can be copied. |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | It’s possible to select and copy text. |