Books by Apple
- Reading System Books
- Vendor Apple
- OS: iOS
- Tested with Braille: No
- Tested with Screenreader: No
- Input type: Keyboard
Results for Read Aloud: 88.89%
Last updated: 15 September 2024
Test book used: Fundamental Accessibility Tests: Read Aloud, version 2.0.0 .
These tests were done by Richard Orme.
Summary
Tested on iOS 17 on an iPhone 11 smartphone. Whilst Books does not offer a read aloud feature, the Speak Screen feature of iOS integrates well with the app. There is no support for alternate text for images.
| 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 | In Settings / Accessibility / Spoken content, the Speech controller can be enabled. The speech controller offers Speak on Touch to announce the sentence that the user touches. Also Speak screen that starts at the beginning of the displayed content. |
| 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 functions 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 feature continues and displays the next page when the bottom of the screen is reached. |
| 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. | Pass | The text is read in the correct order. |
| ReadAloud-350 | Image alternate text reading | Ensure that the alternate text for the image can be announced. | Fail | |
| ReadAloud-400 | Change Read Aloud reading voice | It should be possible to choose from some different options the voice used for read aloud. | Pass | In the settings menu for Spoken text it is possible to choose from a range of voices, including enhanced voices and many languages. |
| 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 quickly changed in the speech controller. |
| ReadAloud-510 | Text to Speech handles punctuation 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 | In the settings for spoken content there is an option for highlight (not enabled by default). It is possible to choose between word, sentences and both words and sentences. The highlight can be underline or highlight. The highlight colors can be personalized. |
Results for Visual Adjustments: 100%
Last updated: 26 October 2024
Test book used: Fundamental Accessibility Tests: Visual Adjustments, version 2.0.0 .
These tests were done by Richard Orme.
Summary
Test on iOS 17 on an iPhone 11 smartphone. Visual adjustments are well supported. The Books app also provides the ability to customize themes to adjust the line, character and word spacing, as well as justification of the text.
| 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 to all the book content including headings, regular paragraphs, list items, and the text content of tables. | Pass | Tapping on the screen reveals a menu button in the bottom right, two horizontal lines with three dots beneath. Selecting the menu item reveals a panel, within which one option is for "Themes & Settings". In the Themes & Settings panel there is a smaller A and a larger A which adjust the text size down and up through 15 levels.. The text size can be reduced and increased through a wide range. The size of images appear to be unaffected. |
| visual-110 | Change background and foreground color | Change background and foreground colour (May be through reading system feature or through OS settings). | Pass | In the "Themes & Settings" panel there are six options of different themes, original, quite (with a dar background), paper, bold, calm (with a sepia background) and focus. A black and white wheel icon reveals options for light, dark and device matched themes. |
| 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 | In the "Themes & Settings" panel there is a slider for screen brightness. |
| 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 | iOS offers Classic Invert and Smart Invert. Both work on the page text. Images are also inverted, although this can be changed in Settings for the Books app. |
| 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, sidebars, pop-up windows, dialog boxes and search box should get magnified uniformly. | Pass | This can be achieved with the iOS magnifier accessibility feature. |
| visual-510 | Change Font | Choose from a selection of fonts, including sans-serif and serif options. | Pass | Each of the themes has a selected font. This can be changed in the "Themes & Settings" panel by selecting the Customize option. Here is a wide range of typefaces to choose from, including serif and sans serif fonts. The user can also choose to make the chosen font bold. |
| visual-550 | Viewing MathML | The block and inline math expressions below are in the MathML format. Check if the math expressions inline and between the paragraphs are displayed correctly. Use the controls available in the application or else in the operating system to change (increase/decrease) the size of the font. Check if the math expressions also change size in proportion. Change background and foreground color (may be through reading system feature or through OS settings). Check if the math expressions reflect the changed color settings. | Pass | The math expression is displayed as expected. The size and colors change appropriately when the book display is altered. |
| visual-710 | Enlarge SVG Image | Check if this SVG format image displayed below this paragraph can be enlarged. | Pass | The SVG is displayed as expected, although is not possible to enlarge it. |