Single test results: Stop and resume reading (reading-110)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, reading-110, which appears in the Non-visual Reading test book.
This test currently has a 91.49% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Stop and resume reading ( reading-110) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi NVDA Windows | PASS | |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| Books Voiceover iOS | PASS | Reading can be stopped and started at the same location using the two finger single tap gesture of Voiceover. |
| Bookshare Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | |
| Bookshelf Voiceover Safari macOS | PASS | |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf NVDA Firefox 62+ Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Firefox 62+ Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf TalkBack Android | PASS | Works as expected. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookworm NVDA Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| Clusive NVDA Windows | PASS | Worked as expected. |
| Colibrio Reader TalkBack Android | PASS | Pause and resume works as expected. |
| Colibrio Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| Digital Editions Voiceover iOS 12 | PASS | The reading can be started and stopped using the two finger single tap gesture. |
| 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 | PASS | Worked as expected |
| EBSCO Reader Jaws Chrome Windows | PASS | Works within the session, that is when the book is open. After closing and re-opening a book, the last location has to be manually searched. |
| EasyReader Voiceover iOS | PASS | |
| EasyReader Jaws Windows 11 | PASS | The read aloud feature remembers the last read location. With screen reader resuming is not simple. To save the reding position across sessions when using the screen reader, press Enter at last read location to highlight it. |
| EasyReader TalkBack Android | PASS | Double tap on the text where you want to stop reading with Talkback. This position is remembered by the app when the book is opened again. |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | PASS | |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | FAIL | I stopped and started reading again. Unfortunately the screen reader didn’t resume reading at the last position but started at the beginning of the sentence. |
| Fulcrum Online NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. But if NVDA focus goes out of book content then reading cannot be started from last location. |
| Kindle TalkBack Android | FAIL | Reading cannot be started from last location. |
| Kindle Voiceover iOS | PASS | Using Magic tap reading can be paused and started. |
| Kindle NVDA Windows | PASS | |
| Kortext NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Pause and resume reading works as expected. |
| Play Books Voiceover iOS | PASS | Reading can be stopped and started using the two finger single tap gesture. However, as the Voiceover reading is confined to the visible screen, this feature is not much useful. |
| Play Books TalkBack Android | PASS | Talkback reading is limited to current screen only. Hence resume feature is of not much relevance. |
| RedShelf Voiceover Safari macOS 10.14 | PASS | |
| RedShelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| RedShelf Jaws Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| RedShelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | Works as expected. Two finger Magic tap can be used to pause and restart reading reading within a session. When the book is re-opened, use two finger swipe down to start reading from last position. |
| RedShelf TalkBack Android | PASS | Works within the session. |
| Simply Reading TalkBack Android | PASS | |
| Thorium Reader NVDA Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| Thorium Reader Jaws Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | PASS | The reading resumes at the same location but not from the same word. It always starts at the beginning of the sentence or line. |
| Thorium Reader [Spanish] NVDA Windows | PASS | Pulsar control para detener, o shift para pausar/reanudar la lectura. |
| Vanilla Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| Voice Dream Reader Voiceover iOS | PASS | Two finger single tap can be used to stop and start Voiceover reading |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | It is possible to stop VoiceOver at any random position and resume reading. |