Kurzweil 3000 by Kurzweil Education
- Reading System Kurzweil 3000
- Vendor Kurzweil Education
- OS: macOS
- Tested with Braille: No
- Tested with Screenreader: No
- Input type: Mouse
Results for Visual Adjustments: 62.5%
Last updated: 21 January 2022
Test book used: Fundamental Accessibility Tests: Visual Adjustments, version 1.0.0 . These results are based on an older test book revision. A newer version of Visual Adjustments is available.
These tests were done by Richard Orme.
Summary
Kurzweil 3000 20 This evaluation was conducted on a Mac Mini running macOS Big Sur version 10.5.
| Test ID | Name | Description | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| visual-010 | Change font size | Use the controls available in the application or else in the operating system to change (increase/decrease) the size of the font. The font size change should apply uniformly on all the book content including the Table of Contents, Footnotes, Page List, Notes and Bookmarks. | Pass | The text can be adjusted using the smaller and bigger buttons on the reader toolbar. |
| visual-110 | Change background and foreground color | Change background and foreground colour (May be through reading system feature or through OS settings). | Fail | This feature is not implemented in this version. |
| visual-210 | Change brightness | Use the controls available in the application or else in the operating system to change (increase/decrease) the screen brightness. | Pass | This was possible using the OS display settings. |
| visual-310 | Apply high contrast system configuration | The reading system interface and book content except images should respect the high contrast mode (invert colors) if present in the Operating System. | Pass | The invert colors feature of macOS worked as expected. |
| visual-410 | Magnify the User Interface(UI) | Use the controls available in the application or else in the operating system to magnify the Reading System screen. All aspects of the User Interface such as Menus, Pop-up Windows, Dialog Boxes and Search Box should get magnified uniformly. | Pass | The zoom feature of macOS worked as expected. |
| visual-510 | Change Font | Choose from a selection of fonts, including sans-serif and serif options. | Fail | This feature is not implemented in this version. |
| visual-610 | Support for SVG | Check if a image is displayed below this paragraph. This image is in SVG format. | Pass | The gray circle is displayed as expected. |
| visual-710 | Enlarge SVG image | Check if the image given in the previous test can be enlarged. | Fail | The gray circle cannot be enlarged. |
Results for Read Aloud: 75%
Last updated: 21 January 2022
Test book used: Fundamental Accessibility Tests: Read Aloud, version 1.0.0 . These results are based on an older test book revision. A newer version of Read Aloud is available.
These tests were done by Richard Orme.
Summary
Kurzweil 3000 20 This evaluation was conducted on a Mac Mini running macOS Big Sur version 10.5.
| Test ID | Name | Description | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReadAloud-010 | The content can be read aloud | Focus on the beginning of a paragraph or a sentence and initiate reading with text-to-speech using a feature of the reading system. | Pass | The reading position can be selected with the mouse. Read aloud is started with the Read button on the reader toolbar, or the kayboard shortcut command R. |
| ReadAloud-110 | Stop and resume reading | Initiate reading from any point in the book. Stop Read Aloud and note the last read position. Initiate reading again using the Read Aloud feature and check if reading starts at the last read location. | Pass | Pause and resume behaves as expected. |
| ReadAloud-210 | The Read Aloud feature should continue until interrupted by the user | The Read Aloud feature should continue until interrupted by the user, keeping the text being spoken in view. | Pass | The read aloud continues past the bottom of the displayed text, scrolling to the next content automatically. |
| ReadAloud-310 | All text should be read in the proper order | Sample text has been provided below to test the reading order. The Paragraph 2 should be read after Paragraph 1 by the Read Aloud feature. Note that visually Paragraph 2 is placed to the left of Paragraph 1 but it is second in the reading order. | Fail | The sample paragraphs are not announced by read aloud. |
| ReadAloud-410 | Change Read Aloud reading speed | It should be possible to adjust (increase/decrease) the speed of reading. | Pass | The reading speed can be adjusted in the menus, or with the keyboard shortcut commands [ and command ]. |
| ReadAloud-510 | Text to Speech handles punctuations and document structure appropriately | When Read Aloud is activated, there should be slight pauses after headings, list items etc., rather than reading as if it is one continuous section of text. | Pass | The text is read as expected, with appropriate pauses. |
| ReadAloud-610 | Text is emphasised as it is spoken by read aloud | Check if the Text is emphasised as it is spoken by read aloud. | Pass | By default the current sentence is highlighted in green, and the current spoken word is highlighted in yellow. |
| ReadAloud-710 | The emphasis or highlight colour can be changed | Activate Read Aloud feature as described in the previous test. Change the colour of emphasis or visual highlight of the text being read aloud using any feature available in the reading system or the operating system. The users should have a choice of different colours for text highlighting. | Fail | The reading colors can be adjusted in Kurzweil 3000 / Preferences / Reading. However changing this setting made no difference in the EPUB reader. |
Results for Extended Descriptions: 100%
Last updated: 21 January 2022
Test book used: Accessibility Tests Extended Descriptions, version 1.1.1 .
These tests were done by Richard Orme.
Summary
Kurzweil 3000 20 This evaluation was conducted on a Mac Mini running macOS Big Sur version 10.5.
| Test ID | Name | Description | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| extdescription-010 | Detection and Utilization of HTML Details and Summary elements | Check if you can use HTML details and summary successfully and read the extended description contained in it. | Pass | The details element can be expanded and collapsed as expected. The contents of the details element is announced by read aloud when collapsed. Ideally this would not happen. |
| extdescription-020 | Technique for linking to a single extended description placed in a separate HTML file via text hyperlinks | Check if activating the hyperlink placed under the image takes you to a separate HTML file with extended descriptions, and the back link there brings you back to the image. | 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. |
Results for Basic Functionality: 33.33%
Last updated: 1 July 2024
Test book used: Fundamental Accessibility Tests: Basic Functionality, version 2.0.0 .
These tests were done by Richard Orme.
| Test ID | Name | Description | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| file-010 | Operating system/Platform accessibility: | If you are using a hardware device, it can be started independently and essential accessibility for starting and exiting applications is available. | Pass | |
| file-110 | The reading system can be activated independently | If you are using a reading app that requires you to create an online account then the complete getting started process should be accessible. | Pass | |
| file-210 | Open content | Open the Fundamental Accessibility Test book in the reading system. | Pass | Unprotected EPUB titles can be loaded using Kurzweil 3000 / Open and browsing to the file. |
| file-310 | Access list of available content in the reading system | Check if you can navigate inside the bookshelf. | Pass | In this evaluation the titles were organised in a folder on the local drive. |
| nav-005 | The table of contents in the app presents the content hierarchy | Check if the table of Contents is accessible and its hierarchy is presented correctly by the reading system | Fail | Only level 1 items in the TOC are presented in the drop down list at the top list of the reading window. |
| nav-010 | Navigate to chapters through the Table of Contents | Check if you can navigate to a section by using the table of contents. | Fail | After selecting an item from the TOC drop down list the view does not change location. |
| nav-110 | Navigate content by pages | Check if you can navigate the content by pages. | Fail | Page navigation is not supported in this version. |
| nav-210 | Navigate forward and backward through reflowed content | Use any control or command to navigate forward and backwards in the book content. | Pass | The app toolbar at the top has previous and next page buttons. The same controls are at the bottom right as small left and right buttons. Using these buttons it is possible to move forwards and backards through the title, including past chapter boundaries. |
| nav-310 | Read navigation information | Use the "Where am I?" or any other similar command available in the reading system and check if you can get information about your current position in the book. | Fail | There is no display of current section, page number or percentage progress. |
| nav-410 | Perform a search, review the search results | Perform a search, review the search results and navigate to the selected search result in the content. | Fail | No search facility is provided in this version. |
| nav-510 | Move across chapters without using TOC | Check if you can move across chapters without having to use the Table of Contents. | Fail | The TOC is not working in this version. |
| anno-010 | Add a Bookmark or Highlight | Some reading systems may have a Highlight feature in place of Bookmarks. The tests for Bookmarks may then be performed with Highlights. | Fail | No bookmark or highlight feature is offered in this version. |
| anno-110 | Review and navigate Bookmarks or Highlights | Check if you can review and navigate Bookmarks or Highlights. | Fail | No bookmark or highlight feature is offered in this version. |
| anno-210 | Add a note | Add a Note at this location in the book. Provide a few lines of text in the Note. | Fail | No bookmark or highlight feature is offered in this version. |
| anno-310 | Review and navigate Notes | Check if you can review and navigate Notes. | Fail | No bookmark or highlight feature is offered in this version. |