Single test results: Text to Speech handles punctuations and document structure appropriately (ReadAloud-510)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, ReadAloud-510, which appears in the Read Aloud test book.
This test currently has a 74.36% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Text to Speech handles punctuations and document structure appropriately ( ReadAloud-510) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi Windows | FAIL | There is no read aloud feature provided. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | This works as expected |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | This works as expected |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Chrome Windows | PASS | This works as expected |
| Books iOS | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Books macOS | PASS | |
| Bookshare Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The pauses are included as expected. List items are announced as such (for example, "list item two of three"). |
| Bookshelf iOS | PASS | The text is read aloud as expected. |
| Bookshelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The text is read aloud as expected. |
| Bookshelf Windows | PASS | The text is read aloud as expected. |
| Bookshelf macOS | PASS | The text is read aloud as expected. |
| Clusive Chrome Windows | PASS | The appropriate pauses are included. |
| Colibrio Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The text to speech paused in the appropriate places. |
| Colibrio Reader Android | PASS | The text is read with appropriate pauses and phrasing. |
| 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 | Worked as expected. |
| EasyReader Windows | PASS | The speech handles headings, list items etc. as expected. |
| EasyReader Android | PASS | |
| EasyReader iOS 12 | PASS | |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | PASS | The quality of the TTS function concerning its handling of the punctuation and document structure definitely depends on which voice was selected. It can occur that breaks, particularly when it comes to headings, are too short. |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | All requirements are met. |
| Fulcrum Online Edge Windows | PASS | Read aloud included appropriate pauses and phrasing on the sample text. |
| 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 text is read as expected, with appropriate pauses. |
| Play Books Android | PASS | Headings are read together with the following text as if it is one block. Additional note: the alt text of images are spoken by read aloud, which some sighted users have reported as undesirable if this functionality cannot be disabled. |
| Play Books iOS | FAIL | |
| RedShelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The text is read aloud as expected. |
| RedShelf iOS | PASS | The text was read with appropriate pauses and phrasing. |
| Simply Reading Android | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Texthelp ePub Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The text is read with pauses and emphasis as expected. |
| Thorium Reader Windows | PASS | This works as expected. |
| Thorium Reader macOS | PASS | |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | PASS | TTS allows sufficient pauses after punctuations and raises as well as lowers the voice slightly. Headings can be recognized through little pauses. Sames applies for list entries which are cleary separated from each other through emphases and pauses. |
| Voice Dream Reader iOS 12 | PASS | |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | The document structure is detected correctly and can be identified by pauses. |