Single test results: Stop and resume reading (ReadAloud-110)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, ReadAloud-110, which appears in the Read Aloud test book.
This test currently has a 72.50% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Stop and resume reading ( ReadAloud-110) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi Windows | FAIL | There is no read aloud feature provided. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Play/Pause can be executed by pressing ctrl+space |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | Play/Pause can be executed by pressing ctrl+space |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Chrome Windows | PASS | Play/Pause can be executed by pressing ctrl+space |
| Books iOS | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Books macOS | FAIL | |
| Bookshare Reader Edge Windows | PASS | Pause and resume behaves as expected. |
| Bookshelf iOS | PASS | Pause and resume reading works as expected. If the display has been moved to another place. If the display is scrolled, there is the option to start reading from the top of the currently displayed text, or to recenter on the read aloud focus. |
| Bookshelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The pause feature performs as expected. It resumes from the last spoken word. There are also controls to move the reading position back and forward, and to read from top. |
| Bookshelf Windows | PASS | Pause and resume reading works as expected. There are also controls to skip back and forward. |
| Bookshelf macOS | PASS | Pause and resume reading works as expected. There are also controls to skip back and forward. |
| Clusive Chrome Windows | PASS | Pause / Play works as expected. |
| Colibrio Reader Edge Windows | PASS | Pause and resume works as expected. Whilst reading is active the text to be read can be controlled with a mouse click, allowing the user to skip back or forward. |
| Colibrio Reader Android | PASS | Pause and resume is achieved with the Play/Pause button. It works as expected. |
| Digital Editions Windows | FAIL | There is no read aloud feature provided. |
| Digital Editions iOS 12 | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Digital Editions Android 9 | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Digital Editions macOS | FAIL | There is no read aloud feature provided. |
| EBSCO Reader Edge Windows | PASS | Worked as expected. |
| EasyReader Windows | PASS | Pause and resume behaves as expected. |
| EasyReader Android | PASS | |
| EasyReader iOS 12 | PASS | |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | PASS | |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | I stopped and resumed the read aloud feature. When resuming the read aloud feature repeates the last word which I don’t mind. |
| Fulcrum Online Edge Windows | PASS | Pause and resume worked as expected. |
| Kindle Android | FAIL | No integrated read aloud feature is provided. |
| Kindle iOS | FAIL | No integrated read aloud feature is provided. |
| Kortext Windows | PASS | Pause and resume works as expected. |
| Kurzweil 3000 macOS | PASS | Pause and resume behaves as expected. |
| Play Books Android | PASS | Reading can be paused, then restarts from the beginning of the sentence. |
| Play Books iOS | FAIL | |
| RedShelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The pause feature performs as expected. It resumes from the last spoken word. |
| RedShelf iOS | PASS | Pause and resume is in the 'More text to speech controls' panel. It works as expected. |
| Simply Reading Android | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Texthelp ePub Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The Read&Write toolbar has a pause button that stops and resumes reading from the last read position. |
| Thorium Reader Windows | PASS | This works as expected. Play and pause can be controlled with the keyboard shortcut ctrl 2. |
| Thorium Reader macOS | PASS | This works as expected. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | PASS | After pausing, the TTS resumes reading at the beginning of the sentence but after stopping the feature completely, the TTS starts at the beginning of the chapter. |
| Voice Dream Reader iOS 12 | PASS | |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | When stopping at any random position the read aloud feature starts reading from the correct location. |