Single test results: Navigate between internal hyperlinks (reading-710)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, reading-710, which appears in the Non-visual Reading test book.
This test currently has a 46.81% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Navigate between internal hyperlinks ( reading-710) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi NVDA Windows | FAIL | |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | After moving the link using Alt+M, confirm that it comes back. The internal links are working properly. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | After moving the link using Alt+M, confirm that it comes back. The internal links are working properly. |
| Books Voiceover iOS | PASS | The Voiceover interaction needs to be improved. When the hyperlink is inline, it Voiceover does not consistently select it when the link navigation is used. |
| Bookshare Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | The internal links are now working. |
| Bookshelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | On using back link, the destination text is placed at top of screen. Drag one finger from top of screen downwards to start reding from correct location. |
| Bookshelf Voiceover Safari macOS | PASS | Able to navigate between internal hyperlinks but user has to select to interact with book reader frame after the hyperlink is selected and focus is not placed on the associated hyperlink. |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Chrome Windows | FAIL | I was able to follow a link, but getting to the exact location on the back link did not work. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Firefox 62+ Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Firefox 62+ Windows | FAIL | |
| Bookshelf TalkBack Android | PASS | On using back link, the target text is placed at top of screen. Use explore by touch from top of screen to read this text. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Windows | PASS | The back link takes the NVDA focus to correct location. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookworm NVDA Windows | FAIL | Hyperlinks cannot be detected or activated. |
| Clusive NVDA Windows | FAIL | Following the link brought me to a dialogue about my reading experience, a feedback loop for Clusive. This interrupted the following of links. The feebback dialogue has accessibility issues. |
| Colibrio Reader TalkBack Android | FAIL | The focus is placed at the top of the screen containing the target text. Talkback focus does not precisely move to the target. |
| Colibrio Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Works fine. |
| Digital Editions Voiceover iOS 12 | PASS | Links can be navigated and activated using links mode of Voiceover. However, the text does not remain in view and is not read consistently by Voiceover. |
| Digital Editions TalkBack Android 9 | FAIL | No Talkback support |
| Digital Editions JAWS 18 Windows | FAIL | The application mostly stops responding. |
| EBSCO Reader JAWS 2020 Chrome Windows | FAIL | The screen reader focus does not return to the correct location from a back link. The back link returns to the beginning of the chapter. This presents a major problem if extended descriptions are included using the back link technique. |
| EBSCO Reader Jaws Chrome Windows | PASS | The Screen Reader focus moves exactly to the target location. |
| EasyReader Voiceover iOS | FAIL | The hyperlink can be navigated to and activated with Voiceover. However, the destination page is not displayed. |
| EasyReader Jaws Windows 11 | FAIL | The link can be selected and activated. The visual focus moves to the destination page but immediately returns to the source hyperlink. |
| EasyReader TalkBack Android | FAIL | The link can be navigated to and activated, but the focus does not remain at the target location. |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | FAIL | The hyperlink navigation is not possible. The link can not be navigated to. |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | In the rotor I selected the link list and by swiping vertically I could navigate to each link. |
| Fulcrum Online NVDA Chrome Windows | FAIL | Tested this using the footnote links. NVDA focus jumps to top of Chapter on attempting to read the target text. |
| Kindle TalkBack Android | FAIL | Hyperlink cannot be navigated to or clicked with Talkback |
| Kindle Voiceover iOS | PASS | Voiceover reading can be started from the screen which contains the linked text. Voiceover focus does not move precisely to the link target. |
| Kindle NVDA Windows | FAIL | NVDA focus moves to top of screen containing the destination of hyperlink and not to the exact location. |
| Kortext NVDA Chrome Windows | FAIL | NVDA focus moves out of the text frame on activating the link. It does not move to desired spot. |
| Play Books Voiceover iOS | FAIL | Hyperlink can be selected and activated. However, Voiceover does not read from desired location. |
| Play Books TalkBack Android | FAIL | On using the back link, Talkback focus does not land on the correct location. |
| RedShelf Voiceover Safari macOS 10.14 | PASS | Focus is managed correctly when moving between internal hyperlinks. |
| RedShelf NVDA Chrome Windows | FAIL | |
| RedShelf Jaws Chrome Windows | FAIL | The linking in Chrome does not take you to the exact location. It takes you to the same file and leaves you at the top. |
| RedShelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | Links can be navigated to and activated with Voiceover. Then reading starts from desired location. The target text is placed at top of screen and it can also be read by exploring from top. |
| RedShelf TalkBack Android | PASS | After activating the link, explore screen from top. The desired text is placed at top of the screen and hence reading can be started from that position. |
| Simply Reading TalkBack Android | FAIL | |
| Thorium Reader NVDA Windows | PASS | The internal links are working properly. |
| Thorium Reader Jaws Windows | PASS | The internal links worked as expected. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | FAIL | By activating the hyperlink, I can reach the page where the link back is provided but I don’t reach the exact position of it. The cursor is placed at the very top of the page, just like when navigating back. |
| Thorium Reader [Spanish] NVDA Windows | PASS | |
| Vanilla Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Navigation works as expected. |
| Voice Dream Reader Voiceover iOS | FAIL | There are issues in using hyperlinks with Voiceover and it should be fixed. When a hyperlink is activated, visually the focus moves to the target location. However, reading with Voiceover cannot be started from correct location. |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | FAIL | I found the hyperlink. VoiceOver conveyed the link. However, activating the link failed. Thus, this test fails. |