Single test results: Add a Bookmark or Highlight (anno-010)
The following represents how well each Testing Environment (Reading System or Reading System + Assistive Technology combination) performed on a single test, anno-010, which appears in the Basic Functionality test book.
This test currently has a 67.31% pass rate.
| Testing Environment | Add a Bookmark or Highlight ( anno-010) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Azardi NVDA Windows | FAIL | highlight or bookmark cannot be done with keyboard. |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Sens Reader Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| BoinIT Viewer [Korean] Chrome Windows | PASS | |
| Books macOS | PASS | A highlight is made by selecting the text, then choosing a color. Notes can then be added. |
| Books Voiceover iOS | PASS | |
| Bookshare Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | FAIL | There is a bookmark button, but there is no hot key, so you must scrol up to get to the button. It marks the current chapter and not your current location. It does take you back to the chapter you are in. This needs improvement before it would be marked as pass. |
| Bookshare Reader NVDA Edge Windows | FAIL | |
| Bookshelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | Supported only for books downloaded from the VitalSource Bookshelf store. Use the Bookmark button at the top right corner on the screen. |
| Bookshelf Voiceover Safari macOS | PASS | Able to add a bookmark to a chapter/section of the book but not on specific text. |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Chrome Windows | FAIL | There is no hotkey for this and I could not accomplish the task. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Firefox 62+ Windows | FAIL | |
| Bookshelf JAWS 2020 Firefox 62+ Windows | FAIL | |
| Bookshelf TalkBack Android | PASS | Bookmarks can be added at current screen |
| Bookshelf NVDA Windows | FAIL | Alt + M keystroke places a bookmark but not on text being read by NVDA. Can press Enter to bring text in focus but there is no indication by NVDA if bookmark has been placed. |
| Bookshelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | fTo leave a bookmark, from your current location, press shift + b (previous button) several times and when you get to the bookmark button press enter. This will insert the bookmark. When you want to go to that location, you need to go to the list of bookmarks and select the one you want. You will be taken to the approximate location. |
| Bookworm NVDA Windows | PASS | CTRL + B adds bookmark |
| Clusive NVDA Windows | FAIL | After highlighting text and also copying it to the Windows clipboard, Alt + H takes me to the Highlights and notes dialogue. It says that no highlights have been set yet. |
| Colibrio Reader TalkBack Android | PASS | Bookmarks can be added via the Actions menu, Add bookmark. A bookmark on the current page can also be removed in this menu. |
| Colibrio Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | ALT + B to insert a bookmark, and ALT + Shift + B to go to the list of bookmarks and select the list item to go to it. |
| Digital Editions Voiceover iOS 12 | FAIL | The Bookmark button is not labelled. Voiceover is not able to determine if it has been activated or not. |
| 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 | Bookmark feature not provided. |
| EBSCO Reader Jaws Chrome Windows | FAIL | Feature not available as yet. |
| EasyReader Voiceover iOS | PASS | Double tap on the text where you want to place a Bookmark. Now tap on the bookmark button at the top of screen. Bookmark is placed at the desired location. A small graphic indicates the bookmark. |
| EasyReader Jaws Windows 11 | PASS | Press Enter where you want to place a bookmark. This brings the EasyReader focus to that position. Use INS+3 pass through command and then press B to add a bookmark. |
| EasyReader TalkBack Android | PASS | Double tap on text where you want to place a bookmark. This will bring the app focus to that location. Now tap the Bookmark button in top toolbar. |
| EasyReader (German) TalkBack Android | PASS | The control for adding a bookmark is labeled incorrectly. The screen reader always claims that you have set a bookmark. (Could be specific to German version). |
| EasyReader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | The reading software provides a bookmark feature. By double clicking, you get the message that a bookmark was set. Via „OK“ you confirm the bookmark. |
| Fulcrum Online NVDA Chrome Windows | FAIL | Text cannot be selected to create a highlight with NVDA. |
| Kindle TalkBack Android | PASS | Bookmark can be placed at current screen/page. |
| Kindle Voiceover iOS | PASS | Stop Voiceover reading with double tap on screen. Then tap on Bookmark icon at top right. |
| Kindle NVDA Windows | PASS | Press Ctrl + D to place bookmark at the current screen level. There is no confirmation of bookmark being placed by NVDA. |
| Kortext NVDA Chrome Windows | FAIL | It is possible to activate the Bookmark button but bookmarking does not happen at the NVDA focus. |
| Kurzweil 3000 macOS | FAIL | No bookmark or highlight feature is offered in this version. |
| Play Books Voiceover iOS | PASS | Bookmark can be placed at current screen/page level. |
| Play Books TalkBack Android | PASS | Bookmark can be added at current screen/page level. |
| RedShelf Voiceover Safari macOS 10.14 | PASS | Able to create bookmarks at specific locations in the text of the book. |
| RedShelf NVDA Chrome Windows | PASS | Using Ctrl+Alt+K does place a bookmark somewhere near the text being read by NVDA. This keystroke could conflict with some other application or assistive technology. |
| RedShelf Jaws Chrome Windows | PASS | Alt + Ctrl + K can be used to place the bookmark. The bookmark is placed somewhere near the text being read by the screen reader and not on exact screen reader focus. |
| RedShelf Voiceover iOS | PASS | Bookmark can be placed by tapping on the button in top toolbar. |
| RedShelf TalkBack Android | PASS | Bookmarks can be added at the point current screen level using the button in top toolbar. |
| Simply Reading TalkBack Android | PASS | |
| Texthelp ePub Reader Edge Windows | PASS | (Premium version required) Read&Write offers four different colored highlighters. The section of text is first selected, and then the chosen highlight is applied by clicking on the relevant pen icon. The highlight can be removed by selecting the text and clicking the brush icon to the right of the pen icons. |
| Thorium Reader NVDA Windows | PASS | Remember that screen readers on Windows use a virtual buffer for reading. To set a bookmark at your current reading location, press NVDA Key + enter, and NVDA will say activate. This synchronizes the virtual buffer with the current real location.Then use CTRL + b to set a bookmark. Tip: Try copy the line you are on to the clipboard then Go to the navigation options with CTRL+N and then move down to the bookmarks heading, where the book marks are listed. Press the b key to move to the edit button to rename the bookmark. Paste the line from the clipboard and press enter. This renames the bookmark with the line of text you copied. When you have multiple bookmarks, this renaming of bookmarks makes them easy to use. |
| Thorium Reader Jaws Windows | PASS | Screen readers have a virtual buffer for reading. While in virtual reading mode, I perform a left mouse click Jaws key blus 8 to coordinate the virtual buffer with the reading system. I then perform the CTRL + B to set the bookmark. I will copy text from that line and go to the navigation area and down to bookmarks and edit the name and paste the content of the clipboard and press enter. Pressing the bookmark takes you to the exact location. |
| Thorium Reader (German) Jaws Windows | PASS | The checkbox for adding a bookmark can be found in the main menu. By activating it a bookmark is somewhere added. It is impossible to say where the bookmark was placed. There is no feedback whatsoever. But the adding process is accessible. |
| Thorium Reader [Spanish] NVDA Windows | PASS | Pulsar NVDA+enter para que Thorium infiera en qué objeto está situado el cursor. A continuación, control+b. Se producirá una notificación audible que informará sobre el número de marcadores de la publicación actual. |
| Vanilla Reader NVDA Chrome Windows | FAIL | The keystroke Alt + B works but the Bookmark is not placed anywhere near the text being read by screen reader. |
| Voice Dream Reader Voiceover iOS | PASS | Bookmark can be placed at current screen level. |
| Voice Dream Reader (German) Voiceover iOS | PASS | Bookmarks can be set. |