Single test results: The emphasis or highlight colour can be changed (ReadAloud-710)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, ReadAloud-710, which appears in the Read Aloud test book.
This test currently has a 42.50% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | The emphasis or highlight colour can be changed ( ReadAloud-710) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi Windows | FAIL | There is no read aloud feature provided. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | No highlight color selection function. However, when using OS High Contrast, the highlight color changes according to the high contrast setting. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | No highlight color selection function. However, when using OS High Contrast, the highlight color changes according to the high contrast setting. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Chrome Windows | PASS | when using OS High Contrast, the highlight color changes according to the high contrast setting. |
| Books iOS | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Books macOS | FAIL | |
| Bookshare Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The colors can be customized, so the word highlighting or sentence highlighting can effectively be disabled if so desired. |
| Bookshelf iOS | FAIL | The visual highlighting cannot be customized or turned off. |
| Bookshelf Chrome Windows | FAIL | The visual highlighting cannot be customized or turned off. |
| Bookshelf Windows | FAIL | The visual highlighting cannot be customized or turned off. |
| Bookshelf macOS | FAIL | The visual highlighting cannot be customized or turned off. |
| Clusive Chrome Windows | PASS | It is not possible to change the highlighting color. |
| Colibrio Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The text highlight color can be selected in settings from a choice of yellow, red, green or blue. |
| Colibrio Reader Android | PASS | The highlight color can be selected from a choice of seven options. It is not possible to disable the visual highlighting. This may be appreciated by some users. |
| 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 | Whilst they cannot be set explicitly, the colors of the dual highlighting automatically adjust according to the selected background and text colors. |
| EasyReader Windows | PASS | The word and sentence highlighting colors can be customized in the text settings panel. |
| EasyReader Android | PASS | The word and sentence highlighting colors can be customized in the text settings panel. |
| EasyReader iOS 12 | PASS | The word and sentence highlighting colors can be customized in the text settings panel. |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | PASS | The audio settings can be found in the upper menu bar. There, the color of the sentence being read aloud can be customized. You can choose between various colors in order to find the preferred visual highlight. There is also an option to change the color of the word being read aloud. Nethertheless the word that is read aloud is not highlighted visually. It is impossible to say whether this setting was implemented. |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | Various color options are provided. |
| Fulcrum Online Edge Windows | FAIL | It is not possible to adjust the emphasis style. |
| Kindle Android | FAIL | No integrated read aloud feature is provided. |
| Kindle iOS | FAIL | No integrated read aloud feature is provided. |
| Kortext Windows | FAIL | There is no visual emphasis of the text being read. |
| Kurzweil 3000 macOS | FAIL | The reading colors can be adjusted in Kurzweil 3000 / Preferences / Reading. However changing this setting made no difference in the EPUB reader. |
| Play Books Android | FAIL | |
| Play Books iOS | FAIL | |
| RedShelf Chrome Windows | FAIL | The visual highlighting cannot be customized or turned off. |
| RedShelf iOS | FAIL | The visual emphasis cannot be customized or turned off. |
| Simply Reading Android | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Texthelp ePub Reader Edge Windows | FAIL | The color of the emphasis cannot be changed. |
| Thorium Reader Windows | PASS | An alternative (simplified) view of the publication is provided via Settings / Readaloud |
| Thorium Reader macOS | PASS | An alternative (simplified) view of the publication is provided via Settings / Readaloud |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | FAIL | There is no possibility given to change the visual presentation of the text highlighted. |
| Voice Dream Reader iOS 12 | PASS | Various options to visually emphasize the read aloud text are given under the menu 'Speech cursor'. |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | This adjustment can be undertaken via the settings of the reader. |