Apple Books v 4.2.1 (iOS 12) / None

Testsuite: Accessibility

Only read aloud and visual adjustments tests have been performed. The basic and non-visual tests are in another evaluation.

All fundamental visual adjustment features are supported. The app is notable due to its support for zooming into SVG images.

There is no integrated read aloud feature.

Select a category heading to view the detailed results below.

Feature	Test	Result
Cumulative Score		Not Tested
Basic Functionality		0/4
	Operating system/Platform accessibility	Not Tested
	The reading system can be activated independently	Not Tested
	Open content	Not Tested
	Listing documents	Not Tested
Navigation		0/7
	The table of contents in the app presents the content hierarchy	Not Tested
	Navigate to chapters through the Table of Contents	Not Tested
	Navigate content by pages	Not Tested
	Navigate forward and backward through reflowed content	Not Tested
	Read navigation information	Not Tested
	Perform a search, review the search results	Not Tested
	Move across chapters without using TOC	Not Tested
Highlights, Notes, and Bookmarks		0/4
	Add a Bookmark or Highlight	Not Tested
	Review and navigate Bookmarks or Highlights	Not Tested
	Add a note	Not Tested
	Review and navigate Notes	Not Tested

Feature	Test	Result
Cumulative Score		Not Tested
Non-Visual Reading		0/14
	Initiate "read from here"	Not Tested
	Stop and resume reading	Not Tested
	All text should be read in the proper order	Not Tested
	Image alternate text reading	Not Tested
	Change reading speed	Not Tested
	TTS allows pause for headings, paragraphs, list items, etc	Not Tested
	Navigate between the cells, rows and columns in the table	Not Tested
	Navigate between internal hyperlinks	Not Tested
	Move to the next block item	Not Tested
	Navigate by characters	Not Tested
	Navigate by words	Not Tested
	Navigate by lines	Not Tested
	Navigate the content by headings	Not Tested
	Select and copy text	Not Tested

Feature	Test	Result	Notes
Cumulative Score		100%
Visual Adjustment		8/8
	Change font size	Supported	At the top of the app there is a button with a small and larger "A". This brings up a control with options for the page and text. The text size can be reduced and increased through a wide range. The size of images appear to be unaffected.
	Change background and foreground color	Supported	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.
	Change brightness	Supported	In the visual adjustments panel there is a slider for screen brightness.
	Apply high contrast system configuration	Supported	iOS offers Classic Invert and Smart Invert. Both work on the page text. Images are also inverted.
	Magnify the User Interface(UI)	Supported
	Change Font	Supported	In the visual adjustments panel there is a button for Fonts. From this there is a range of typefaces to choose from, including serif and sans serif fonts.
	Support for SVG	Supported	The gray circle is displayed as expected.
	Enlarge SVG image	Supported	Double tapping the graphic displays it zoomed on its own. It can be further scaled with pinch and zoom gestures.

Feature	Test	Result	Notes
Cumulative Score		0%
Read Aloud		0/8
	The content can be read aloud	Not Supported	There is no integrated read aloud feature.
	Stop and resume reading	Not Supported	There is no integrated read aloud feature.
	The Read Aloud feature should continue until interrupted by the user	Not Supported	There is no integrated read aloud feature.
	All text should be read in the proper order	Not Supported	There is no integrated read aloud feature.
	Change Read Aloud reading speed	Not Supported	There is no integrated read aloud feature.
	Text to Speech handles punctuations and document structure appropriately	Not Supported	There is no integrated read aloud feature.
	Text is emphasised as it is spoken by read aloud	Not Supported	There is no integrated read aloud feature.
	The emphasis or highlight colour can be changed	Not Supported	There is no integrated read aloud feature.

Feature	Test	Result
Cumulative Score		Not Tested
Basic Tests		0/3
	Media Overlays Playback	Not Tested
	Pause and resume from the same position, without closing the book	Not Tested
	Resume playback from last position on opening a book	Not Tested
Navigation Tests		0/10
	Section Navigation - Previous/Next Phrase	Not Tested
	Navigate to previous section	Not Tested
	Navigate to next section	Not Tested
	Navigate with pagelist	Not Tested
	Move to next page	Not Tested
	Move to previous page	Not Tested
	Text and media overlay synchronization	Not Tested
	Set and navigate to bookmarks	Not Tested
	Section Navigation - TOC	Not Tested
	Continuous playback across page turns	Not Tested

Feature	Test	Result
Cumulative Score		Not Tested
MathML		0/6
	Support for fallback mechanism	Not Tested
	Support for JavaScript and MathML	Not Tested
	Navigating inline MathML with AT and other technologies	Not Tested
	Navigating block MathML with AT and other technologies	Not Tested
	Rendering of inline MathML	Not Tested
	Rendering of block MathML	Not Tested

Feature	Test	Result
Cumulative Score		Not Tested
Extended descriptions		0/18
	Detection of aria-details on image (img element) in figure element	Not Tested
	Moving to extended description inside figcaption	Not Tested
	Detection and utilization of details and summary elements inside figcaption	Not Tested
	Detection of aria-details	Not Tested
	Moving to extended description next to the image	Not Tested
	Detection and utilization of details and summary elements	Not Tested
	Detection of aria-details on image (img element)	Not Tested
	Linking to extended description at end of chapter	Not Tested
	Fallback technique for linking to extended description via text hyperlink	Not Tested
	Fallback technique for linking to extended description via image hyperlink	Not Tested
	aria-describedby points to an aside in a figcaption	Not Tested
	aria-describedby points to an aside at the end of chapter	Not Tested
	Block-level image with empty alt and without role="presentation"	Not Tested
	Inline graphic with empty alt and without role="presentation"	Not Tested
	Block-level image with role="presentation" and empty alt	Not Tested
	Inline graphic with role="presentation" and empty alt	Not Tested
	Expanding details and ease of reading	Not Tested
	Collapsing and pagination	Not Tested