Kindle by Amazon
- Reading System Kindle
- Vendor Amazon
- Assistive Technology: TalkBack
- OS: Android
- Tested with Braille: No
- Tested with Screenreader: Yes
- Input type: Touch
Results for Basic Functionality: 73.33%
Last updated: 16 October 2024
Test book used: Fundamental Accessibility Tests: Basic Functionality, version 2.0.0 .
These tests were done by Prashant Ranjan Verma.
Summary
Android 13 Kindle version 8.110.0.100(2.0.25283.0) Talkback
| 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 | In-built Talkback was used to download the app from Play Store. |
| 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 | Sign in to the app is accessible. Account creation was not tested. |
| file-210 | Open content | Open the Fundamental Accessibility Test book in the reading system. | Pass | The book was imported from the Kindle store and can also be side-loaded. It appears that the book imported from the store has smoother navigation. |
| file-310 | Access list of available content in the reading system | Check if you can navigate inside the bookshelf. | Pass | The screen is accessible with Talkback. |
| 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 | Visually, subheadings are indented slightly from the heading text, helping users distinguish between them. However, screen readers cannot detect this difference. |
| nav-010 | Navigate to chapters through the Table of Contents | Check if you can navigate to a section by using the table of contents. | Pass | The desired section is placed on the top of screen. Hence Talkback reading can be started from the correct position. |
| nav-110 | Navigate content by pages | Check if you can navigate the content by pages. | Fail | Print page navigation is not supported |
| nav-210 | Navigate forward and backward through reflowed content | Use any control or command to navigate forward and backwards in the book content. | Pass | Navigation by refloewed pages is supported. |
| 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 | it is not possible to get information about current location in book without losing current reading position. |
| 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 | Talkback reading starts from top of screen/page even if the searched term is much below. |
| nav-510 | Move across chapters without using TOC | Check if you can move across chapters without having to use the Table of Contents. | Pass | Swipe across pages to go to next or previous chapter. |
| 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. | Pass | Bookmark can be placed at current screen/page. |
| anno-110 | Review and navigate Bookmarks or Highlights | Check if you can review and navigate Bookmarks or Highlights. | Pass | Reading can be started from the top of the screen/page where bookmark was placed. |
| anno-210 | Add a note | Add a Note at this location in the book. Provide a few lines of text in the Note. | Pass | Talkback provides mechanism to expand or contract selection of text. Desired text can be selected and Note can be added. However, this process is not very intuitive. |
| anno-310 | Review and navigate Notes | Check if you can review and navigate Notes. | Pass | On selecting to navigate to a Note, the target passage is found on the top of screen and hence Talkback reading can be started at desired location. |
Results for Non-visual Reading: 37.5%
Last updated: 16 October 2024
Test book used: Fundamental Accessibility Tests: Non-Visual Reading, version 2.0.0 .
These tests were done by Prashant Ranjan Verma.
Summary
Android 13 Kindle version 8.110.0.100(2.0.25283.0) Talkback This app works better when read aloud feature is used instead of Screen Reader.
| Test ID | Name | Description | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reading-010 | Initiate "read from here" | Focus on the beginning of a paragraph or a sentence and initiate reading. Reading should continue until interrupted by the user or at the end of the current document, e.g. current chapter. The text being read should preferably remain in view, but this is not a requirement to pass the test. | Fail | When starting playback from the middle of the page, the reader function begins reading from the top. When it reaches the selected text, the reader's voice gets slightly louder, and the reading focus starts moving on the page |
| reading-110 | Stop and resume reading at the same reading location | Initiate reading from any point in the book. Stop reading and note the last read position. Initiate reading again and check if reading starts at the last read location. | Fail | Cannot make Talkback read from desired locaiton. It reads from top of screen only. |
| reading-210 | All text should be read in the proper order | Sample text has been provided to test the reading order. The Paragraph 2 should be read after Paragraph 1. Note that visually Paragraph 2 is placed to the left of Paragraph 1 but it is second in the reading order. | Pass | Works as expected. |
| reading-310 | Image alternate text reading | Ensure that the alternate text for the image is available. | Fail | During continuous reading, it ignores the image and starts reading from the next paragraph. |
| reading-420 | Footnote Reading | This tests the usability and functionality of footnotes. The markup includes the semantics that the reference is to a note,which could be announced to the reader. The destination could be a footnote or an endnote and announced to the reader. The link back to the original position has the semantics that it is a backlink and could also be announced to the reader. | Fail | While using TalkBack, it is impossible to select the footnote link, even with TalkBack gestures. When TalkBack is off, clicking the footnote link causes a pop-up to appear, but only the 'Return to footnote' link is visible. The user has to press a 'View all footnotes' button to access the footnote |
| reading-510 | TTS allows pause for indicating headings, paragraphs, list items, etc | The user should be able to identify the difference between content items such as headings, paragraphs or list items by sufficient pauses in the TTS reading or appropriate formatting in the Braille device. | Pass | There are pauses after reading paragraphs. |
| reading-610 | Navigate between the cells, rows and columns in the table | Check if you can navigate between the rows and columns of the table | Pass | TalkBack reads the table fine, but there's no way to navigate and read it cell by cell. |
| reading-710 | Navigate between internal hyperlinks | Check if you can navigate between internal hyperlinks. | Fail | Hyperlink cannot be navigated to or clicked with Talkback |
| reading-810 | Move to the next block item | Check if you can move to the next available page element e.g. paragraph, image or table by using a common key/gesture like swipe right, down arrow etc. | Fail | Paragraph navigation is also not working reliably. This command reads headings by words. |
| reading-910 | Navigate by characters | Check if it is possible to navigate to next and previous character in the book text by way of any command or gesture. | Pass | Works as expected. |
| reading-1010 | Navigate by words | Check if it is possible to navigate to next and previous word in the book text by way of any command or gesture. | Pass | Works as expected. |
| reading-1110 | Navigate by lines | Check if it is possible to navigate to next and previous line in the book text by way of any command or gesture. | Fail | Line navagation is not available. |
| reading-1210 | Navigate the content by headings | Check if you can move to the next and previous headings in this book without using the Table of Contents. | Fail | Talkback does not identify headings. |
| reading-1310 | Select and copy text | Reading systems should provide the ability to copy pieces of text that could be used for notes, in quotations, or to facilitate searching terms contained in the book. In some cases, this could be achieved using an AT such as a screen reader, for instance with a dedicated cursor or other procedures. | 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. |
| reading-1410 | MathML Reading | The block and inline math expressions below are in the MathML format. We want to determine that the Assistive Technology (AT) identifies the math and enables the detailed exploration of the math with the chosen AT. | Fail | The screen reader says 'Math alt not found' when the focus comes to it. |
| reading-1510 | TTS Change Languages Automatically | Screen readers and other Assistive Technology that use TTS should be able to detect language changes marked in XHTML content. A screen reader should be able to be configured to automatically change the TTS speaking language when it encounters a language change in the XHTML. This test contains English, German, French, and Italian. | Fail | The app does not support language change. |