Single test results: Text is emphasised as it is spoken by read aloud (ReadAloud-610)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, ReadAloud-610, which appears in the Read Aloud test book.
This test currently has a 71.79% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Text is emphasised as it is spoken by read aloud ( ReadAloud-610) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi Windows | FAIL | There is no read aloud feature provided. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Highlight currently playing text. Highlights move sentence by sentence during playback |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | Highlight currently playing text. Highlights move sentence by sentence during playback |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Chrome Windows | PASS | Highlight currently playing text. Highlights move sentence by sentence during playback. |
| Books iOS | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Books macOS | FAIL | |
| Bookshare Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The text has a colored highlight for the word and the sentence as they are read aloud. |
| Bookshelf iOS | PASS | A yellow highlight emphasizes the currently spoken paragraph. |
| Bookshelf Chrome Windows | PASS | A yellow highlight visually emphasizes the text that is currently being spoken (paragraph). |
| Bookshelf Windows | PASS | A yellow highlight emphasizes the currently spoken paragraph. |
| Bookshelf macOS | PASS | A yellow highlight emphasizes the currently spoken paragraph. |
| Clusive Chrome Windows | PASS | The word being spoken is highighted. The color used adjusts according to the selected theme. |
| Colibrio Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The sentence being spoken is highlighted. |
| Colibrio Reader Android | PASS | The sentence currently being read is highlighted. |
| 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 current line is highlighted, and each individual words is visually emphasized as it is spoken (dual highlighting). |
| EasyReader Windows | PASS | The word and sentence being read aloud is visually emphasized. |
| EasyReader Android | PASS | The sentence being read aloud is emphasized with a visual highlight. |
| EasyReader iOS 12 | PASS | The sentence or word being read aloud is visually emphasized. |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | PASS | The sentence being read aloud is highlighted in color. As the read aloud feature begins to read the next sentence, the visual highlight changes accordingly. The text that is read aloud is always in the center and as soon as the feature advances, the reading display scrolls down automatically. |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | The sentence being read aloud is highlighted in color. Same applies for the word being read aloud but the color of the visual highlight differs. As soon as the next sentence is read aloud, the visual highlight changes accordingly. The section being read aloud is always in the center of the reading screen. When reaching the end of the reading screen, the reading software scrolls down automatically. |
| Fulcrum Online Edge Windows | PASS | The current line has a light blue highlight, and the current word being spoken is emphasized with a yellow background |
| Kindle Android | FAIL | No integrated read aloud feature is provided. |
| Kindle iOS | FAIL | No integrated read aloud feature is provided. |
| Kurzweil 3000 macOS | PASS | By default the current sentence is highlighted in green, and the current spoken word is highlighted in yellow. |
| Play Books Android | PASS | A light yellow highlight is applied to the sentence being read. |
| Play Books iOS | FAIL | |
| RedShelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The paragraph being spoken is highlighted with a differentiated background. An underline emphasizes the currently spoken word. |
| RedShelf iOS | PASS | The current paragraph has a thin border placed around it, and the current word has an underline. |
| Simply Reading Android | FAIL | There is no integrated read aloud feature. |
| Texthelp ePub Reader Edge Windows | PASS | A yellow highlight is applied to the sentence being read, and a blue highlight on the current word being spoken. |
| Thorium Reader Windows | PASS | The current sentence is highlighted in feint yellow, and each word as it is spoken has a red underline. |
| Thorium Reader macOS | PASS | The current sentence is highlighted in feint yellow, and each word as it is spoken has a red underline. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | PASS | The line being read aloud is highlighted in yellow and the word currently read is underlined in organge. The focus always lays on the text being read aloud and after reaching a new section, the focus moves down automatically in a way that the reader can keep up. |
| Voice Dream Reader iOS 12 | PASS | |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | The visual highlight matches the text being read aloud. |