Single test results: Image alternate text reading (reading-310)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, reading-310, which appears in the Non-visual Reading test book.
This test currently has a 89.36% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Image alternate text reading ( reading-310) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi NVDA Windows | PASS | |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | alt text readable. If a book cover is recognized, guide to the cover When <figure> tag is used, it guides the start and end of the image. For example, "Start of picture" - Description of picture - Voice output as "End of picture" |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | alt text readable. If a book cover is recognized, guide to the cover When <figure> tag is used, it guides the start and end of the image. For example, "Start of picture" - Description of picture - Voice output as "End of picture" |
| Books Voiceover iOS | FAIL | The Alt text is read out during continuous reading of Voiceover. However, it cannot be navigated using words or characters and the image alt text is not available using navigation gestures. |
| Bookshare Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | |
| Bookshelf Voiceover Safari macOS | PASS | Alt text is read correctly. |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf NVDA Firefox 62+ Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Firefox 62+ Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf TalkBack Android | PASS | Alt text is read by Talkback. It can also be navigated by words. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Windows | PASS | |
| Bookshelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Bookworm NVDA Windows | FAIL | image and its alt text is not displayed. |
| Clusive NVDA Windows | PASS | Alt text was read correctly. |
| Colibrio Reader TalkBack Android | PASS | The alt text was announced as expected and could be navigated by word, character, etc. |
| Colibrio Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | The ALT text is read, and it can be navigated by character and word. |
| Digital Editions Voiceover iOS 12 | PASS | |
| 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 | |
| EBSCO Reader Jaws Chrome Windows | PASS | Alt text is read properly. |
| EasyReader Voiceover iOS | PASS | The first character is read phonetically by VoiceOver. |
| EasyReader Jaws Windows 11 | PASS | Works as expected. |
| EasyReader TalkBack Android | PASS | Works as expected. |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | PASS | |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | The alt text and the given text match. |
| Fulcrum Online NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Works as expected. |
| Kindle TalkBack Android | FAIL | Alt text is not read. |
| Kindle Voiceover iOS | PASS | Alt text is now read. |
| Kindle NVDA Windows | PASS | Alt text is read by NVDA |
| Kortext NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | The alt text is read as expected. |
| Play Books Voiceover iOS | PASS | Alt text is read. |
| Play Books TalkBack Android | PASS | |
| RedShelf Voiceover Safari macOS 10.14 | PASS | Alt text is properly read. |
| RedShelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| RedShelf Jaws Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| RedShelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | Works as expected. The alt text can also be navigated word by word. |
| RedShelf TalkBack Android | PASS | Alt text is read and can be navigated by words. |
| Simply Reading TalkBack Android | PASS | |
| Thorium Reader NVDA Windows | PASS | The alt text is read, and you can read by word or character. |
| Thorium Reader Jaws Windows | PASS | Alt text was properly read, and you can read by character and word. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | PASS | The alt text can be read completely, as a whole, word by word as well as line by line. |
| Thorium Reader [Spanish] NVDA Windows | PASS | |
| Vanilla Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | The alt text was read as expected. |
| Voice Dream Reader Voiceover iOS | PASS | |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | After turning on „rich text“ in the settings, the alt text can be read. |