Quiz 5.2.12: Screen Reader Visibility Test #12
We hide material with Malarky’s very new negative letter-spacing method. Please try SR Test 12 on every screen reader and browser you have.
We hide material with Malarky’s very new negative letter-spacing method. Please try SR Test 12 on every screen reader and browser you have.
April 24th, 2005 at 6:51 pm
Firefox 1.0 with Fangs 0.81
displays the text ‘These are hidden words'’.
April 25th, 2005 at 8:50 am
Safari 1.3 (v312) displays a single capital T aligned with the left margin.
April 25th, 2005 at 9:43 am
Opera 8 displays the text ‘These are hidden words’’.
Can’t test voice at work though ;)
April 25th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
IE 6.0 (PC) displays the first letter like the Safari 1.3 result. The weird thing though is once you resize the browser window in any way, the letter disappears and doesn’t return. I was sure that Fangs 0.81 displayed the text, but I’ll have to confirm that when I get home.
April 26th, 2005 at 7:28 am
Jaws 5.0 with IE 6:
hidden test is spoken
first letter of text is displayed.
April 26th, 2005 at 11:54 am
IBM Home Page Reader 3.04 with embedded IE:
hidden text is spoken
first letter of text is displayed
April 28th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Fangs 0.82 with Firefox 1.0.3
Fangs displays the hidden words.
Firefox hides the hidden words.
April 28th, 2005 at 6:26 am
Opera 7.54 DOES NOT hide the hidden words.
April 28th, 2005 at 6:26 am
Opera 8.0 beta
speaks the hidden words
DOES NOT hide the hidden words.
April 29th, 2005 at 7:58 am
WindowEyes 4.5
does not speak the hidden words
April 29th, 2005 at 8:00 am
Jaws 6.1 and IE 6
speaks the hidden words
April 29th, 2005 at 8:13 pm
Jaws 4.0 with IE 6.0
Virtual Cursor on - yes/T r e s (spread across the page)
Virtual Cursor off - reads “T h”/no
Virtual Cursor on is default unless user has set their preferences to off.
By the way, in your table containing the results of your first test of browser tests, the left half of the first column is getting cut off in IE 6 in an 800 x 600 maximized browser window, that is, I can’t see it.
April 30th, 2005 at 9:34 am
Connect Outloud 2.0 and IE 6
speaks the hidden words
does not display the hidden words
May 8th, 2005 at 3:43 pm
VoiceOver and Safari 2.0: Speaks the hidden words, displays a capital T (same as Safari 1.3).