Single test results: The Read Aloud feature should continue until interrupted by the user (ReadAloud-210)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, ReadAloud-210, which appears in the Read Aloud test book.
This test currently has a 69.23% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | The Read Aloud feature should continue until interrupted by the user ( ReadAloud-210) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi Windows | FAIL | There is no read aloud feature provided. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. According to the user's play/pause operation, the contents of the screen and read aloud are synchronized and the screen display. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. According to the user's play/pause operation, the contents of the screen and read aloud are synchronized and the screen display. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Chrome Windows | PASS | It plays/stops according to the user's operation, and the highlight is synchronized with read aloud and the text currently being read. |
| Books iOS | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Books macOS | FAIL | |
| Bookshare Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The book content is scrolled keeping the text being spoken in view. When the end of the chapter is reached, the next chapter is loaded and read aloud continues. |
| Bookshelf iOS | PASS | The text being spoken is kept in view. The read aloud feature continues below the currently displayed screen and when the end of the currently loaded document is reached, the next document is loaded and reading continue. |
| Bookshelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The text being spoken is kept in view. The read aloud feature continues below the currently displayed screen and when the end of the currently loaded document is reached the reading stops. |
| Bookshelf Windows | PASS | Reading continues beyond the bottom of the current screen, and the display scrolls automatically. |
| Bookshelf macOS | PASS | Reading continues beyond the bottom of the current screen, and the display scrolls automatically. |
| Clusive Chrome Windows | PASS | The text continues to be read and the display scrolls to keep it in view. |
| Colibrio Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The pages turn automatically to keep the text being read in view. |
| Colibrio Reader Android | PASS | When reaching the bottom of the display, the page turns automatically. |
| 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 | The read aloud continued to read past the end of the screen. The text being spoken remained in view, the page scrolling automatically. |
| EasyReader Windows | PASS | The read aloud continues below the end of the displayed text, as expected. The spoken text remains in view. There is the option to keep the text being read in the center of the display. |
| EasyReader Android | PASS | The read aloud moves to the next chapter automatically. |
| EasyReader iOS 12 | PASS | |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | PASS | |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | The read aloud feature continued until I interrupted it eventually. The text was visible on the reading screen. |
| Fulcrum Online Edge Windows | FAIL | The display did not scroll when the read aloud reached the bottom of the display. By setting the page display mode to Scroll, manually adjusting the text is display was possibly using the mouse wheel. |
| Kindle Android | FAIL | No integrated read aloud feature is provided. |
| Kindle iOS | FAIL | No integrated read aloud feature is provided. |
| Kurzweil 3000 macOS | PASS | The read aloud continues past the bottom of the displayed text, scrolling to the next content automatically. |
| Play Books Android | PASS | |
| Play Books iOS | FAIL | |
| RedShelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The display scrolls to keep the text being read in view. The read aloud stops at the bottom of the current content. |
| RedShelf iOS | PASS | The text being read remains in view. |
| Simply Reading Android | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Texthelp ePub Reader Edge Windows | PASS | When the bottom of the text in view is reached, the page turns and the read aloud continues. |
| Thorium Reader Windows | PASS | This works as expected. The reading position can be moved with ctrl 1 and ctrl 3 for previous and next respectively. |
| Thorium Reader macOS | PASS | This works as expected. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | PASS | The read aloud feature continues until interrupted by the user. When using a braille device as assistive technology the text being read aloud is not presented. While the read aloud feature reads or is paused, the text window for the screen reader fades out. Only after a proper stop the text window for the screen reader appears again and I could read the content using JAWS. |
| Voice Dream Reader iOS 12 | PASS | |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | The text is visible and always in the center of the reading screen in order to read continously. When using a braille device the text being read aloud is not presented on the device. |