Single test results: Apply high contrast system configuration (visual-310)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, visual-310, which appears in the Visual Adjustments test book.
This test currently has a 92.86% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Apply high contrast system configuration ( visual-310) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi Windows | FAIL | Selecting high contrast does not affect the content area as expected. However, the buttons become unreadable. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Confirmed that it works well when using OS high contrast mode. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | Confirmed that it works well when using OS high contrast mode. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Chrome Windows | PASS | Confirmed that it works well when using OS high contrast mode. |
| Books iOS | PASS | iOS offers Classic Invert and Smart Invert. Both work on the page text. Images are also inverted. |
| Books macOS | PASS | Color invert selected via System preferences/Accessibility/Display worked as expected. |
| Bookshare Reader Edge Windows | PASS | The high contrast mode was respected and overrode the color settings in the Bookshare reader. |
| Bookshare Reader Chrome macOS | PASS | |
| Bookshelf iOS | PASS | The invert mode of iOS provides this functionality. |
| Bookshelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The Windows high contrast setting is not respected by Chrome. However, this can be achieved using extension High contrast from the Chrome store. The feature can then be toggled with shift+F11. |
| Bookshelf Windows | PASS | Some panel backgrounds remain unchanged, but the main content and dialog items reflect the high contrast setting. |
| Bookshelf macOS | PASS | The main content and dialog items reflect the invert colors setting. |
| Clusive Chrome Windows | PASS | Changing the Windows contrast theme worked as expected. |
| Colibrio Reader Edge Windows | PASS | This works as expected (certainly not always guaranteed in browser reading systems). Colibrio also offers its own dark mode. |
| Colibrio Reader Android | PASS | High contrast worked as expected with the app (although images were also affected). |
| Digital Editions Windows | PASS | This functioned as expected. |
| Digital Editions iOS 12 | PASS | The inverse image mode of iOS provides this functionality. |
| Digital Editions Android 9 | PASS | The inverse mode of Android provides this functionality. |
| Digital Editions macOS | PASS | This 'invert system colors' feature of macOS functioned as expected. |
| EBSCO Reader Edge Windows | PASS | Worked as expected. |
| EasyReader Windows | PASS | The high contrast theme is respected in the EasyReader interface. |
| EasyReader Android | PASS | This works as expected. |
| EasyReader iOS 12 | PASS | |
| EasyReader (German) Android | PASS | Android 9 and EMUI 11 don’t provide a control for inverting colors. You can invert colors within EasyReader. Type/Font presented in high contrast is not recommended due to poor readability. |
| EasyReader (German) iOS | PASS | In the settings of the operating system within the menu „General“> „Accessibility“> „Display & Text Size“ you can invert the colors. By activating the contrast mode the user interface and the book content are presented accordingly. Within the menu „accessibility“ > „Display& Text Size“ there is also an option to increase the previously activated contrast mode. |
| Fulcrum Online Edge Windows | PASS | High contrast mode was respected by the combination of Edge and the Fulcrum Online reader. |
| Kindle Android | PASS | |
| Kindle iOS | PASS | iOS offers Classic Invert and Smart Invert. Both work on the page text. Images are also inverted. |
| Kortext Windows | FAIL | The app crashed on the evaluation machine when Night Sky theme was selected in the Windows control panel. |
| Kurzweil 3000 macOS | PASS | The invert colors feature of macOS worked as expected. |
| Play Books Android | PASS | |
| Play Books iOS | PASS | iOS offers Classic Invert and Smart Invert. Both work on the page text. Images are also inverted. |
| RedShelf Chrome Windows | PASS | The Windows high contrast setting is not respected by Chrome. However, this can be achieved using extension "High contrast" from the Chrome store. The feature can then be toggled with shift+F11. |
| RedShelf Android | PASS | Color inversion worked as expected (note that images were also affected). |
| RedShelf iOS | PASS | Classic invert worked as expected (note that images were also affected). |
| Simply Reading Android | PASS | |
| Texthelp ePub Reader Edge Windows | PASS | High contrast mode is supported in the EPUB reading app. |
| Thorium Reader Windows | PASS | Switching to Windows high contrast mode changes the colors on the app as expected. |
| Thorium Reader macOS | PASS | Invert colors worked as expected. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Windows | FAIL | Through the settings of Windows a higher contrast mode can be set but the e-book content and the user interface of Thorium are not affected by the adjustment. |
| Voice Dream Reader iOS 12 | PASS | iOS offers Classic Invert and Smart Invert. Both work on the page text. Images are also inverted. |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) iOS | PASS | Through the settings of the operating system the submenu „Accessibility“ can be found. There, the inverted mode can be selected. Note: only the setting „classic invert“ affects the UI and the reading screen of Voice Dream. By selecting „Increase Contrast“, the contrast mode can be further increased. |