Single test results: Change background and foreground color (visual-110)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, visual-110, which appears in the Visual Adjustments test book.
This test currently has a 90.48% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Change background and foreground color ( visual-110) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi Windows | FAIL | There is no feature to change the colors. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Utilizing the OS High Contrast feature to confirm it is applied |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | Utilizing the OS High Contrast feature to confirm it is applied |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Chrome Windows | PASS | Utilizing the OS High Contrast feature to confirm it is applied |
| Books iOS | PASS | In the visual adjustments panel there is the option to select from White, Sepia, Grey and Night. There is a toggle for Auto-Night theme. |
| Books macOS | PASS | In the menu View there is Theme, which offers White, Sepia, Grey and Night. |
| Bookshare Reader Edge Windows | PASS | In the "quick set" panel in the settings dialog there are "color themes" options of black on white, lemon on black, black on lemon and white on blue. print. The "color" panel provides additional theme color presets and the ability to set the color for background and text colors, sentence and word highlights. |
| Bookshare Reader Chrome macOS | PASS | |
| Bookshelf iOS | PASS | The Show reader options button is labelled Aa. This provides for three modes, day (black text on a white background), night (white text on a black background), Sepia (black text on a pale brown background) and Cyan (black text on a pale blue background). |
| Bookshelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The Show reader options button is labelled Aa. This provides for three modes, day (black text on a white background), night (white text on a black background), Sepia (black text on a pale brown background) and Cyan (black text on a pale blue background). |
| Bookshelf Windows | PASS | The Show reader options button is labelled Aa. This provides for three modes, day (black text on a white background), night (white text on a black background), Sepia (black text on a pale brown background) and Cyan (black text on a pale blue background). |
| Bookshelf macOS | PASS | The Show reader options button is labelled Aa. This provides for three modes, day (black text on a white background), night (white text on a black background), Sepia (black text on a pale brown background) and Cyan (black text on a pale blue background). |
| Clusive Chrome Windows | PASS | The text size can be adjusted in the settings dialogue. Themes for black on white, sepia and white on black are provided. |
| Colibrio Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The color theme can be selected in the applications settings menu (a cog in the bottom right of the browser window) then Publication color theme, where there are options for publication default, night and sepia. |
| Colibrio Reader Android | PASS | The Settings panel offers three themes: publication default, sepia and dark. Greyscales ore offered if the option "Use device light/dark mode" is selected. More color theme options would be appreciated by some users. |
| Digital Editions Windows | FAIL | There are no features in the app to adjust the colors. |
| Digital Editions iOS 12 | PASS | Color themes of light, sepia and dark are provided. |
| Digital Editions Android 9 | PASS | Color themes of light, sepia and dark are provided. |
| Digital Editions macOS | FAIL | There are no features in the app to adjust the colors. |
| EBSCO Reader Edge Windows | PASS | This feature is not provided in the online reader, but colors can be changed using a browser extension such as Midnight Lizard (free). The offers the ability to select from predefined themes and also to customize from the palette. Background and text colors changed as expected. Furthermore, the background color feature of the Read&Write extension was tested, and this worked as expected. The Reading light features that follows the mouse cursor did not work correctly. |
| EasyReader Windows | PASS | A custom color theme can be chosen in addition to selecting from blue text, cream, sky blue, sea green and high contrast themes. |
| EasyReader Android | PASS | A custom color profile can be chosen in addition to choosing from black, dark blue, cream and light blue themes. |
| EasyReader iOS 12 | PASS | A custom color profile can be chosen in addition to choosing from black, dark blue, cream and light blue themes. |
| EasyReader (German) Android | PASS | The background and foreground color changes perfectly within the main text. The given choice of different foreground and background colors saves up a lot of adjustment work. But the table of content or the bookmarks are not affected by the color settings. |
| EasyReader (German) iOS | PASS | In the upper menu bar of the reading screen on the right side, you can find the text settings. There you can change the background and foreground color by choosing one of the various color combinations. In the settings of the operating system via „General“ > „Accessiblity“ > „Display & Text Size“ there are more color options and filters provided. |
| Fulcrum Online Edge Windows | PASS | This feature is not provided through the online reader, but text and background colors can be adjusted with an extension such as Midnight Lizard. |
| Kindle Android | PASS | Themes of white, black, sepia and green are provided. |
| Kindle iOS | PASS | Page themes of white, black, sepia and green are provided. |
| Kortext Windows | PASS | Three different color themes are supported via a button on the top status bar shown as a smaller and larger capital T. These are normal, night and sepia. |
| Kurzweil 3000 macOS | FAIL | This feature is not implemented in this version. |
| Play Books Android | PASS | White, sepia and black themes are provided on a tab reached via the button "aA" and then the cog button. There is also a link to the Night light settings of the device. |
| Play Books iOS | PASS | White, black and sepia tones are provided. In addition, there is the option to enable the night light. |
| RedShelf Chrome Windows | PASS | Options for default, sepia and night are provided. This is selected with Main menu / Display options / Personal view / Colors |
| RedShelf Android | PASS | In Display options there is the item Colors. Three modes are provided: Default, Sepia and Night. |
| RedShelf iOS | PASS | In Display options there is the item Colors. Three modes are provided: Default, Sepia and Night. |
| Simply Reading Android | PASS | Page themes of Default, sepia and night mode are provided. |
| Texthelp ePub Reader Edge Windows | PASS | (Premium version required) Read&Write offers the ability to change the background color via options / screen masking. The color can be chosen from a range of pre-selcted options, or a personal color can be selected from the palette. The features is toggled with the ‘screen mask’ button in the tool bar. Furthermore, an optional horizontal band of another color (the ‘reading light’ follows the mouse pointer. The color, opacity and height of this band can be customized via options / screen masking. |
| Thorium Reader Windows | PASS | Changing color is via settings/theme. Three options are provided, neutral, sepia and night. The page content changes but not the upper and lower window areas, or the bookshelf view. Additional themes would be appreciated by some users. |
| Thorium Reader macOS | PASS | Changing color is via settings/theme. Three options are provided, neutral, sepia and night. Additional themes would be appreciated by some users. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Windows | PASS | Via the upper menu bar the menu „motive“ can be selected. There, three options are provided: neutral, sepia and night time. Except the input field for a search the color theme is applied uniformely. More color themes would be welcomed. However, via the settings of Windows more color options are provided. By activating them the user interface of Thorium as well as the book content are affected which includes the search field too. |
| Voice Dream Reader iOS 12 | PASS | A custom color profile can be chosen in addition to choosing from light and dark themes. |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) iOS | PASS | In the upper menu bar on the right side, there is an icon for the display settings. In one submenu, the background and foreground color can be adjusted. You can easily find your preferred choice due to various color combinations. Above that a bright and dark color theme is provided. Through the settings of the operating system the colors can be further adjusted by selecting the filters. The background and foreground color of the user interface and the reading screen of Voice Dream are affected by the adjustment perfectly. |