Simply Reading v 3.0.7 (Android 9) / Talkback

Testsuite: Accessibility

Summaries

Short summary

Basic, non-visual and maths and image accessibility tests performed with screen reader

Long summary

This app is specially designed for Talkback users and has many dedicated gestures to make reading and navigation easier. It supports most fundamental accessibility features apart from navigation by internal hyperlinks and headings. Selection and copying of text is also not supported.
It is good for reading text based material, maths and long image descriptions are not supported.

Support Results

Basic Functionality

Feature	Test	Result	Notes
Cumulative Score		100%
Basic Functionality		4/4
	Operating system/Platform accessibility	Supported
	The reading system can be activated independently	Supported
	Open content	Supported	File side loaded using the device memory
	Listing documents	Supported
Navigation		7/7
	The table of contents in the app presents the content hierarchy	Supported	The app numbers all the TOC entries like 1, 1.1 and so on. With the numbering the hierarchy is perceivable to Talkback.
	Navigate to chapters through the Table of Contents	Supported
	Navigate content by pages	Supported	Has a dedicated go to print pages command
	Navigate forward and backward through reflowed content	Supported
	Read navigation information	Supported	Has a dedicated gesture - three finger swipe right to left
	Perform a search, review the search results	Supported
	Move across chapters without using TOC	Supported	Also has dedicated next and previous chapter gestures
Highlights, Notes, and Bookmarks		4/4
	Add a Bookmark or Highlight	Supported
	Review and navigate Bookmarks or Highlights	Supported
	Add a note	Supported
	Review and navigate Notes	Supported

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Non-Visual Reading

Feature	Test	Result	Notes
Cumulative Score		71.4%
Non-Visual Reading		10/14
	Initiate "read from here"	Supported
	Stop and resume reading	Supported
	All text should be read in the proper order	Supported
	Image alternate text reading	Supported
	Change reading speed	Supported
	TTS allows pause for headings, paragraphs, list items, etc	Supported
	Navigate between the cells, rows and columns in the table	Not Supported
	Navigate between internal hyperlinks	Not Supported
	Move to the next block item	Supported
	Navigate by characters	Supported
	Navigate by words	Supported
	Navigate by lines	Supported
	Navigate the content by headings	Not Supported
	Select and copy text	Not Supported

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Visual Adjustment Tests

Feature	Test	Result	Notes
Cumulative Score		Not Tested
Visual Adjustment		0/8
	Change font size	Not Tested
	Change background and foreground color	Not Tested
	Change brightness	Not Tested
	Apply high contrast system configuration	Not Tested
	Magnify the User Interface(UI)	Not Tested
	Change Font	Not Tested
	Support for SVG	Not Tested
	Enlarge SVG image	Not Tested

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Read Aloud

Feature	Test	Result	Notes
Cumulative Score		Not Tested
Read Aloud		0/8
	The content can be read aloud	Not Tested
	Stop and resume reading	Not Tested
	The Read Aloud feature should continue until interrupted by the user	Not Tested
	All text should be read in the proper order	Not Tested
	Change Read Aloud reading speed	Not Tested
	Text to Speech handles punctuations and document structure appropriately	Not Tested
	Text is emphasised as it is spoken by read aloud	Not Tested
	The emphasis or highlight colour can be changed	Not Tested

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Media Overlays

Feature	Test	Result	Notes
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

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Math

Feature	Test	Result	Notes
Cumulative Score		0%
MathML		0/6
	Support for fallback mechanism	Not Supported	Talkback is not able to read any text on the page.
	Support for JavaScript and MathML	Not Supported	Talkback is not able to read any text on the page.
	Navigating inline MathML with AT and other technologies	Not Supported	Talkback is not able to read any text on the page.
	Navigating block MathML with AT and other technologies	Not Supported	Talkback is not able to read any text on the page.
	Rendering of inline MathML	Not Supported	The maths expression is not displayed properly.
	Rendering of block MathML	Not Supported	The maths expression is not displayed properly.

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Extended Descriptions

Feature	Test	Result	Notes
Cumulative Score		11.1%
Extended descriptions		2/18
	Detection of aria-details on image (img element) in figure element	Not Supported	Talkback cannot read the page with the image at all.
	Moving to extended description inside figcaption	Not Supported
	Detection and utilization of details and summary elements inside figcaption	Not Supported
	Detection of aria-details	Not Supported	Talkback cannot read the page with the image at all.
	Moving to extended description next to the image	Not Supported	Talkback cannot read the page with the image at all.
	Detection and utilization of details and summary elements	Not Supported	Talkback cannot read the page with the image at all.
	Detection of aria-details on image (img element)	Not Supported	Talkback cannot read the page with the image at all.
	Linking to extended description at end of chapter	Not Supported	Link to go to description not available.
	Fallback technique for linking to extended description via text hyperlink	Not Supported	The link to extended description cannot be activated.
	Fallback technique for linking to extended description via image hyperlink	Not Supported
	aria-describedby points to an aside in a figcaption	Not Supported	The description is read after the horizontal break. The screen reader focus moves away from the page and it is difficult to continue reading after the description.
	aria-describedby points to an aside at the end of chapter	Not Supported	The description is read after the image. The screen reader focus moves away from the page content, it is difficult to continue reading the rest of the book.
	Block-level image with empty alt and without role="presentation"	Not Supported
	Inline graphic with empty alt and without role="presentation"	Not Supported
	Block-level image with role="presentation" and empty alt	Supported
	Inline graphic with role="presentation" and empty alt	Supported
	Expanding details and ease of reading	Not Tested
	Collapsing and pagination	Not Tested

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