User agent reliability for VoiceOver Mac Screen reader compatibility

Shows how well VoiceOver Mac supports ARIA and WCAG sufficient techniques.

Latest version tested

VoiceOver macOS 13.6 with Safari 16.6

• All tests: 102 pass of 123 tests (83%)
• ARIA tests: 39 pass of 45 tests (87%)
• WCAG tests: 73 pass of 86 tests (85%)

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.
	application/xhtml+xml page with mismatching lang and xml:lang on the html element	Reading	Ga-raj. Doo-ble. Damm. Un, zway, dray.	Speech pronounced as lang=fr, but CSS matches :lang(de).
	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
	a element placeholder link with no event handler or href attribute	Reading	Placeholder text, clickable	Announced as clickable, but no event handler so nothing happens when clicked
	iframe with fallback content	Reading	Frame one	Meaningless frame title read out.
	Interactive iframe with role=presentation and negative tabindex and no accessible name	Tabbing	Nothing	Skips over focusable link in iframe
	abbr with title	Reading	T L N	ABBR expansion ignored.
	button containing img with title attribute	Reading	Button	Reads "button" without saying what button does.
	button containing img with title attribute	Tabbing	Button	Reads "button" without saying what button does.
	input type=text with aria-describedby attribute	Tabbing	First name, edit text, a bit of instructions for this field linked with aria describedby.	ARIA-DESCRIBEDBY not read when tabbing
	input type=text inside label with text before and after control	Reading	Enter search text. Enter search text, and one more item, edit text. Blanks not allowed	'And one more item' is read instead of the label text after the control.
	input type=text inside label with text before and after control	Tabbing	Enter search text, and one more item, edit text	'And one more item' is read instead of the label text after the control.
	img with figcaption	Reading	Violet, taken on 12/11/2010, figure. One thousand, two hundred and thirty four PNG, image. Violet, taken on 12/11/2010. End of, Violet, taken on 12/11/2010, figure.	Reads out meaningless filename and FIGCAPTION.
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is alt text, image map. In, this is alt text, image map, 2 items, link, comma left underscore arrow HTM. Link, comma right underscore arrow HTM	reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Link, comma left underscore arrow HTM. Link, comma right underscore arrow HTM	Reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
	Data table with role=columnheader headers but no th	Reading	Nothing	Ignores table completely.
	Data table with td headers attribute	Reading	Table, 7 columns, 3 rows. Spans 2 rows, homework, column 1 of 7. Spans 3 columns, exams, column 2 of 7. Spans 3 columns, projects, column 5 of 7. Row 2 of 3, exams, one, column 2 of 7. Two column 3 of 7. Final column 4 of 7. Projects, one, column 5 of 7. Two column 6 of 7. Final column 7 of 7. Row 3 of 3, homework, fifteen percent, column 1 of 7. Exams and one, fifteen percent, column 2 of 7. Two, fifteen percent, column 3 of 7. Final, twenty percent, column 4 of 7. Projects and one, ten percent, column 5 of 7. Two, ten percent, column 6 of 7. Final, fifteen percent, column 7 of 7.	Table incomprehensible - HEADERS relationships not announced correctly.
	PDF18 Document with doc title	Reading	Slash SR_PDF_doc_title.pdf	Voices full URL. URL displayed in browser tab instead of title.
	PDF16 Document default language set to French	Reading	Act-if tay-bill	Pronounced as English, document language ignored

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.
	text/html page with mismatching lang and xml:lang on the html element	Reading	Ga-raj. Doo-ble. Damm. Un, deux, trois.	Speech pronounced as lang=fr, and CSS matches :lang(fr).
	Match lang subtags	Reading	Dam-he. Dam-he. Dam-he.	All pronounced as German.
	ARIA role=heading	Heading	Heading level 1, first level heading. Heading level 2, second level heading.
	Heading is img with alt	Heading	Heading level 2, second level alt, image.
	applet with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Safari on macOS no longer supports applets, and does not render them on screen
	applet with fallback content	Reading	Fallback content for applet	Safari on macOS no longer supports applets
	applet with aria-label attribute	Reading	Aria label for applet, empty group	Safari on macOS no longer supports applets
	applet with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is ARIA-LABELLEDBY text, empty group	Safari on macOS no longer supports applets
	applet inside figure with figcaption element	Reading	Figure caption for applet, figure. Figure caption for applet. End of, figure caption for applet, figure.	Safari on macOS no longer supports applets
	embed with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing displayed on screen and nothing voiced for object
	embed inside figure with figcaption	Reading	Figure caption for embed, figure. Figure caption for embed. End of, figure caption for embed, figure.
	embed with aria-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing displayed on screen and nothing voiced for object
	embed with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing displayed on screen and nothing voiced for object
	object with fallback content	Reading	Fallback content for object
	object with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing displayed on screen and nothing voiced for object
	object with aria-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing displayed on screen and nothing voiced for object
	object with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing displayed on screen and nothing voiced for object
	video with aria-label attribute	Reading	Video aria label, empty video playback.
	video with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is ARIA-LABELLEDBY text, empty video playback.
	video with title attribute	Reading	Video title, empty video playback.
	a element placeholder link with no event handler or href attribute	Tabbing	Nothing	Skipped when tabbing, as expected
	iframe with fallback content	Tabbing	Entering frame, link, example hyperlink. Leaving frame.
	iframe with title attribute	Reading	This is an IFRAME title, frame.	IFRAME TITLE attribute read.
	iframe with title attribute	Tabbing	Entering this is an IFRAME title frame, link, example hyperlink. Leaving this is an IFRAME title.
	Interactive iframe with role=presentation and no accessible name	Reading	This is an. Example hyperlink, link. In the target page.	role=presentation makes frame seamless
	Interactive iframe with role=presentation and no accessible name	Tabbing	Link, example hyperlink
	Interactive iframe with role=presentation and negative tabindex and no accessible name	Reading	This is an. Example hyperlink, link. In the target page.	role=presentation makes frame seamless
	button containing img with alt	Reading	This is image alt, button
	button containing img with alt	Tabbing	This is image alt, button
	button containing img with aria-label	Reading	This is image aria label, button
	button containing img with aria-label	Tabbing	This is image aria label, button
	button containing img with aria-labelledby	Reading	This is aria labelled by, button
	button containing img with aria-labelledby	Tabbing	This is aria labelled by, button
	button with title containing img with null alt	Reading	This is button title, button
	button with title containing img with null alt	Tabbing	This is button title, button
	button with aria-label containing img with null alt	Reading	This is button aria label, button
	button with aria-label containing img with null alt	Tabbing	This is button aria label, button
	input type=image with alt	Reading	This is image button alt text, button
	input type=image with alt	Tabbing	This is image button alt text, button
	input type=image with title attribute	Reading	This is image button title text, button
	input type=image with title attribute	Tabbing	This is image button title text, button
	input type=image with aria-label attribute	Reading	This is image button aria label text, button
	input type=image with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	This is image button aria label text, button
	input type=image with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is image button aria-labelled by text, button
	input type=image with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	This is image button aria-labelled by text, button
	input type=text with aria-describedby attribute	Reading	First name. First name, edit text, a bit of instructions for this field linked with aria describedby
	input type=text with title attribute	Reading	Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text with title attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text with aria-label attribute	Reading	Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Enter search text. Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text with label for	Reading	Enter search text. Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text with label for	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text inside label with text before control	Reading	Enter search text. Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text inside label with text before control	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit text
	input type=text inside label with text after control	Reading	Enter search text, edit text. Enter search text
	input type=text inside label with text after control	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit text
	fieldset containing links	Reading	Legend for enclosed links, group. Legend for enclosed links. Link, home. Link, about. Link, contact. End of, legend for enclosed links, group.
	fieldset containing links	Tabbing	Link home, legend for enclosed links, legend for enclosed links, group. Link about, legend for enclosed links. Link contact, legend for enclosed links.	Legend read out for every link.
	Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element	Reading	I agree to terms and conditions, group. I agree to terms and conditions. Yes, selected radio button, one of two. Yes. No, radio button, two of two. No. End of, I agree to terms and conditions, group. Sign me up to the newsletter, group. Sign me up to the newsletter. Yes, selected radio button, one of two. Yes. No, radio button, two of two. No. End of, sign me up to the newsletter, group.
	Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element	Tabbing	Yes, selected radio button, one of two, I agree to terms and conditions, I agree to terms and conditions group. Yes, selected radio button, one of two, sign me up to the newsletter, sign me up to the newsletter group.
	img with null alt	Reading	Nothing	Ignored as expected
	img with alt	Reading	This is alt text, image
	img with title	Reading	This is title text, image
	img with aria-label	Reading	This is an aria label, image
	img with aria-labelledby	Reading	This is an aria labelled by, image. This is an aria labelled by
	area and img with alt attributes	Reading	This is alt text, image map. In, this is alt text, image map, 2 items, link, this is left alt text. Link, this is right alt text.
	area and img with alt attributes	Tabbing	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 alt attribute and img with null alt	Tabbing	Link, this is left alt text. Link, this is right alt text.
	area with title attribute	Reading	This is alt text, image map. In, this is alt text, image map, 2 items, link, this is left title text. Link, this is right title text
	area with title attribute	Tabbing	Link, this is left title text. Link, this is right title text
	area with aria-label attribute	Reading	This is alt text, image map. In, this is alt text, image map, 2 items, link, this is left aria label text. Link, this is right aria label text
	area with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	Link, this is left aria label text. Link, this is right aria label text
	Link containing img with alt	Reading	Link image, this is a link alt
	Link containing img with alt	Tabbing	Link image, this is a link alt
	Link containing img with title	Reading	Link image, this is an image title
	Link containing img with title	Tabbing	Link image, this is an image title
	Click Here link with title attribute	Reading	Link, click here, this is a link title
	Click Here link with title attribute	Tabbing	Link, click here, this is a link title
	Link text replaced by aria-label attribute	Reading	Link, this is an aria label
	Link text replaced by aria-label attribute	Tabbing	Link, this is an aria label
	Link text replaced by aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Link, this is an aria labelled by. This is an aria labelled by
	Link text replaced by aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Link, this is an aria labelled
	Click Here link with aria-describedby attribute	Reading	Link, click here, this is an aria described by. This is an aria described by
	Click Here link with aria-describedby attribute	Tabbing	Link, click here, 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, 2 columns, 2 rows. Morning, column 1 of 2. Afternoon, column 2 of 2. Row 2 of 2, morning, free, column 1 of 2. Afternoon, busy, column 2 of 2.
	Data table with role=table	Reading	Table, 1 column, 1 row. This is some text, column 1 of 1.
	Data table with summary and th	Reading	Table two columns, two rows, data table summary. Morning, column one of two. Afternoon, column two of two. Row two of two, morning, free, column one of two. Afternoon, busy, column two of two.
	Data table with caption and th	Reading	Data table caption, table, two columns, two rows. Morning, column one of two. Afternoon, column two of two. Row two of two morning, free, column one of two. Afternoon, busy, column two of two.
	Data table with th cell headers	Reading	Table, 2 columns, 2 rows. Morning, column 1 of 2. Afternoon, column 2 of 2. Row 2 of 2, morning, free, column 1 of 2. Afternoon, busy, column 2 of 2.
	Data table with th scope on cell headers	Reading	Contact information, table, 5 columns, 4 rows. Blank, column 1 of 5. Name, column 2 of 5. Phone number, column 3 of 5. Fax number, column 4 of 5. City, column 5 of 5. Row 2 of 4, one, column 1 of 5. Name, Joel Garner, column 2 of 5. Phone, 412 212 5421, column 3 of 5. Fax, 412 212 5400, column 4 of 5. City, Pittsburgh, column 5 of 5. Row 3 of 4, two, column 1 of 5. Name, Clive Lloyd, column 2 of 5. Phone, 410 306 1420, column 3 of 5. Fax, 410 306 5400, column 4 of 5. City, Baltimore, column 5 of 5.
	PDF9 Document with headings	Reading	Heading level 1, Heading 1. Heading level 2, heading 1.2.
	PDF1 Image with alt text	Reading	This is alt text, image
	PDF4 Decorative image marked as artifact	Reading	Nothing	Image ignored as expected
	PDF19 Phrase language set to German	Reading	Rah-di-oh	Pronounced as German
	PDF6 Table with header markup	Reading	Table, no selection. Morning, column 1, row 1. Afternoon, column 2, row 1. Morning, free. Afternoon, busy.
	PDF6 Table with header markup and alt text	Reading	Table, no selection. Morning, column 1, row 1. Afternoon, column 2, row 1. Morning, free. Afternoon, busy.