User agent reliability for NVDA IE Screen reader compatibility

Shows how well NVDA IE supports ARIA and WCAG sufficient techniques. The Internet Explorer (IE) desktop application goes out of support on June 15, 2022, and will be removed by Windows Update for most Windows 10 users.

Latest version tested

NVDA 2019.2 with IE11

• All tests: 82 pass of 115 tests (71%)
• ARIA tests: 27 pass of 42 tests (64%)
• WCAG tests: 57 pass of 83 tests (69%)

Reliability trend

Filter results: All testsARIA testsWCAG tests

Failing tests

	Test	Mode	What the user hears	Notes
	Page with xml:lang set on the html and p elements	Reading	Act-if tay-bill. Ray-day-oh.	Pronounced as English. Ignores xml:lang.
	applet with title attribute	Reading	Embedded object	No description of non-text content
	applet with fallback content	Reading	Embedded object	Fallback content not read, although it's visible on screen, no indication of applet content.
	applet with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for applet - no indication it exists
	embed with title attribute	Reading	Embedded object, unnamed_view_0	Title not read, no description of non-text content.
	embed with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Embedded object, unnamed_view_0	No description of non-text content.
	object with fallback content	Reading	Embedded object	Fallback content not read, no description of non-text content
	object with title attribute	Reading	Embedded object	Title not read, no description of non-text content
	object with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Embedded object	No description of non-text content
	audio with aria-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for audio - no indication it exists
	audio with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for audio - no indication it exists
	audio with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for audio - no indication it exists
	video with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Video	No description of non-text content
	iframe with title attribute	Tabbing	One thousand two hundred and thirty four dot HTML, frame, this is an, example hyperlink, link, in the target page. Example hyperlink, link.	Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced if IFRAME has a non-empty title attribute.
	abbr with title	Reading	T L N	ABBR expansion ignored.
	button containing img with aria-labelledby	Tabbing	Button	Nothing indicates button function
	input type=image with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Button	Reads "button" without saying what button does.
	input type=text with title attribute	Reading	Edit	Doesn't read title in Reading mode
	input type=text with aria-label attribute	Reading	Edit	Doesn't read aria label in Reading mode
	fieldset containing links	Tabbing	Home link. About link. Contact link.	Legend not read when tabbing forward, but is read when shift-tabbing backwards.
	img with aria-labelledby	Reading	This is an aria labelled by	Image ignored.
	area and img with alt attributes	Tabbing	Nothing	Complete silence when tabbing between AREAs.
	area with alt attribute and img with null alt	Tabbing	Nothing	Complete silence when tabbing between AREAs.
	area with title attribute	Tabbing	Nothing	Complete silence when tabbing between AREAs.
	area with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	Nothing	Complete silence when tabbing between AREAs.
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Graphic, this is alt text, link, link, this is left aria labelled by text, this is right aria labelled by text	link text blank, labels read out after links
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Nothing	Complete silence when tabbing between AREAs.
	Click Here link with title attribute	Tabbing	Click here, link	title ignored
	Link text replaced by aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Click here, link	aria-labelledby ignored
	Data table with role=columnheader headers but no th	Reading	Morning. Afternoon. Free. Busy.	Table treated as layout table - not announced as table, and no headers read.
	Data table with th scope on cell headers	Reading	Table with 4 rows and 5 columns, contact information. Row 1, column 1. Column 2, name. Column 3, phone number. Column 4, fax number. Column 5, city. Row 2, column 1, one. Name, column 2, Joel Garner. Phone number, column 3, 412 212 5421. Fax number, column 4, 412 212 5400. City, column 5, Pittsburgh	Column headers, but no row headers, announced for TD cells.
	Data table with td headers attribute	Reading	Table with 3 rows and 7 columns, row 1 through 2 column 1, homework. Homework, row 1 column 2 through 4, exams. Column 5 through 7, projects. Row 2, exams, column 2, one. Exams, column 3, two. Exams, column 4, final. Projects, column 5, one. Projects, column 6, two. Projects, column 7, final. Homework, row 3, homework, column 1, fifteen percent. Exams, column 2, fifteen percent. Exams, column 3, fifteen percent. Exams, column 4, twenty percent. Projects, column 5, ten percent. Projects, column 6, ten percent. Projects, column 7, fifteen percent.	Only first row TH read, table structure incomprehensible.
	PDF18 Document with doc title	Reading	Slash SR_PDF_doc_title.pdf	Voices full URL instead of title

Passing tests

	Test	Mode	What the user hears	Notes
	Page with lang set on the html and p elements	Reading	Act-eef tab-le. Rah-di-oh.	Pronounced as French and German.
	ARIA role=heading	Heading	First level heading, heading level 1. Second level heading, heading level 2.
	Heading is img with alt	Heading	Second level alt, graphic heading level 2.
	applet with aria-label attribute	Reading	Embedded object, ARIA label for applet
	applet inside figure with figcaption element	Reading	Embedded object. Figure caption for applet	FIGCAPTION is read out.
	embed inside figure with figcaption	Reading	Embedded object, unnamed_view_0. Figure caption for embed.	Reads out FIGCAPTION
	embed with aria-label attribute	Reading	Embedded object, ARIA label for embed.
	object with aria-label attribute	Reading	Embedded object, ARIA label for object	Voices ARIA-LABEL attribute
	video with aria-label attribute	Reading	Video aria label
	video with title attribute	Reading	Video, video title
	a element placeholder link with no event handler or href attribute	Reading	Placeholder text
	a element placeholder link with no event handler or href attribute	Tabbing	Nothing	Skipped when tabbing, as expected
	iframe with fallback content	Reading	Frame, this is an, link, example hyperlink in the target page. Out of frame.	IFRAME alternative content ignored, and doesn't appear in the DOM.
	iframe with fallback content	Tabbing	Frame, this is an, example hyperlink, link, in the target page. Example hyperlink, link.	Fallback content is ignored
	iframe with title attribute	Reading	Frame, this is an, link, example hyperlink in the target page. Out of frame.	IFRAME title ignored.
	button containing img with alt	Reading	Button graphic, this is image alt
	button containing img with alt	Tabbing	This is image alt, graphic button
	button containing img with title attribute	Reading	Button graphic, this is image title
	button containing img with title attribute	Tabbing	This is image title, graphic button
	button containing img with aria-label	Reading	Button graphic, this is image aria label
	button containing img with aria-label	Tabbing	This is image aria label, graphic button
	button containing img with aria-labelledby	Reading	Button, this is an aria labelled by
	button with title containing img with null alt	Reading	Button, this is button title
	button with title containing img with null alt	Tabbing	This is button title, button
	button with aria-label containing img with null alt	Reading	Button, this is button aria label
	button with aria-label containing img with null alt	Tabbing	This is button aria label, button
	input type=image with alt	Reading	Button, this is image button alt text
	input type=image with alt	Tabbing	This is image button alt text, button
	input type=image with title attribute	Reading	Button, this is image button title text
	input type=image with title attribute	Tabbing	This is image button title text, button
	input type=image with aria-label attribute	Reading	Button, this is image button aria label text
	input type=image with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	This is image button aria label text, button
	input type=image with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Button, this is image button aria labelled by text
	input type=text with aria-describedby attribute	Reading	First name, edit, a bit of instructions for this field linked with aria describedby
	input type=text with aria-describedby attribute	Tabbing	First name, edit, a bit of instructions for this field linked with aria describedby, blank
	input type=text with title attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, blank
	input type=text with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, blank
	input type=text with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, blank
	input type=text with label for	Reading	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text with label for	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, blank
	input type=text inside label with text before control	Reading	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text inside label with text before control	Tabbing	Document, enter search text, edit, blank
	input type=text inside label with text after control	Reading	Edit, enter search text
	input type=text inside label with text after control	Tabbing	Document, enter search text, edit, blank
	input type=text inside label with text before and after control	Reading	Enter search text, edit, blanks not allowed
	input type=text inside label with text before and after control	Tabbing	Document, enter search text, blanks not allowed, edit, blank
	fieldset containing links	Reading	Legend for enclosed links, link home, link about, link contact.
	Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element	Reading	I agree to terms and conditions, radio button checked, yes, radio button not checked, no. Sign me up to the newsletter, radio button checked, yes, radio button not checked, no.
	Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element	Tabbing	I agree to terms and conditions grouping, yes radio button checked. Sign me up to the newsletter grouping, yes radio button checked.
	img with null alt	Reading	Nothing	Ignored as expected
	img with alt	Reading	Graphic, this is alt text
	img with figcaption	Reading	Violet, taken on 12/11/2010
	img with title	Reading	Graphic, this is title text
	img with aria-label	Reading	Graphic, this is an aria label
	area and img with alt attributes	Reading	Graphic, this is alt text, link, this is left alt text, link, this is right alt text
	area with alt attribute and img with null alt	Reading	Link, this is left alt text, link, this is right alt text
	area with title attribute	Reading	Graphic, this is alt text, link, this is left title text, link, this is right title text
	area with aria-label attribute	Reading	Graphic, this is alt text, link, this is left aria label text, link, this is right aria label text
	Link containing img with alt	Reading	Link graphic, this is a link alt
	Link containing img with alt	Tabbing	This is a link alt, graphic link
	Link containing img with title	Reading	Link graphic, this is an image title
	Link containing img with title	Tabbing	This is an image title, graphic link
	Click Here link with title attribute	Reading	Link, click here
	Link text replaced by aria-label attribute	Reading	Link, this is an aria label
	Link text replaced by aria-label attribute	Tabbing	This is an aria label, link
	Link text replaced by aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Link click here, this is an aria labelled by
	Click Here link with aria-describedby attribute	Reading	Link click here, this is an aria described by
	Click Here link with aria-describedby attribute	Tabbing	Click here link, this is an aria described by
	Layout table with single cell	Reading	This is some text.	Treated as a layout table.
	Layout table with role=presentation	Reading	Example. Navigation. Links. Content.	Table treated as layout table - not announced as table.
	Data table with role=grid	Reading	Table with two rows and two columns, row one column one, morning. Column two afternoon. Row two, morning, column one, free. Afternoon, column two, busy.
	Data table with summary and th	Reading	Table with two rows and two columns, data table summary. Row one column one, morning. Column two afternoon. Row two, morning, column one, free. Afternoon, column two, busy.
	Data table with caption and th	Reading	Table with two rows and two columns, data table caption. Row one column one, morning. Column two afternoon. Row two, morning, column one, free. Afternoon, column two, busy.
	Data table with th cell headers	Reading	Table with two rows and two columns, row one, column one, morning. Column two, afternoon. Row two, morning, column one, free. Afternoon, column two, busy.
	PDF9 Document with headings	Reading	Heading 1, heading level 1. Heading 1.2, heading level 2.
	PDF1 Image with alt text	Reading	Graphic, this is alt text
	PDF4 Decorative image marked as artifact	Reading	Nothing	Image ignored as expected
	PDF16 Document default language set to French	Reading	Act-eef tab-le	Pronounced as French
	PDF19 Phrase language set to German	Reading	Rah-di-oh	Pronounced as German
	PDF6 Table with header markup	Reading	Table with 2 rows and 2 columns, row 1, column 1, morning. Column 2, afternoon. Row 2, morning, column 1, free. Afternoon, column 2, busy.
	PDF6 Table with header markup and alt text	Reading	Table with 2 rows and 2 columns, row 1, column 1, morning. Column 2, afternoon. Row 2, morning, column 1, free. Afternoon, column 2, busy.	Word Alt Text and Description not voiced