User agent reliability for WindowEyes IE Screen reader compatibility

Shows how well WindowEyes IE supports ARIA and WCAG sufficient techniques. Sales of WindowEyes were discontinued in May 2017.

Latest version tested

WindowEyes 9.2 with IE11

• All tests: 81 pass of 99 tests (82%)
• ARIA tests: 30 pass of 41 tests (73%)
• WCAG tests: 57 pass of 70 tests (81%)

Filter results: All testsARIA testsWCAG tests

Failing tests

	Test	Mode	What the user hears	Notes
	applet with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for applet - no indication it exists
	applet with aria-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for applet - no indication it exists
	applet with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for applet - no indication it exists
	embed with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for embed - no indication it exists
	embed with aria-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for embed - no indication it exists
	embed with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for embed - no indication it exists
	object with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for object - no indication it exists
	object with aria-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for object - no indication it exists
	object with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for object - no indication it exists
	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-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for video - no indication it exists
	video with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for video - no indication it exists
	video with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for video - no indication it exists
	fieldset containing links	Tabbing	Link home. Link about. Link contact.	Legend not read
	Click Here link with title attribute	Tabbing	Link click here	title ignored
	Click Here link with aria-describedby attribute	Tabbing	Link click here	aria-describedby isn't read

Passing tests

	Test	Mode	What the user hears	Notes
	ARIA role=heading	Heading	Heading 1, first level heading. Heading 2, second level heading.
	Heading is img with alt	Heading	Heading 2, second level alt.
	applet with fallback content	Reading	Fallback content for applet
	applet inside figure with figcaption element	Reading	Figure, figure caption for applet
	embed inside figure with figcaption	Reading	Figure, figure caption for embed.	FIGCAPTION read out
	object with fallback content	Reading	Fallback content for object
	iframe with fallback content	Reading	This is an. Link, example hyperlink. In the. Target. Page.	Stops speaking at line wraps in IFRAME.
	iframe with fallback content	Tabbing	Frame. Link, example hyperlink	Fallback content is ignored
	iframe with title attribute	Reading	This is an. Link, example hyperlink. In the. Target. Page.	IFRAME title ignored, stops speaking at line wraps in IFRAME.
	iframe with title attribute	Tabbing	Frame, this is an IFRAME title. Link, example hyperlink
	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 title attribute	Reading	This is image title, button
	button containing img with title attribute	Tabbing	This is image title, 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, a bit of instructions for this field linked with aria describedby, edit.
	input type=text with aria-describedby attribute	Tabbing	First name, a bit of instructions for this field linked with aria describedby, edit
	input type=text with title attribute	Reading	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text with title attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text with aria-label attribute	Reading	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Enter search text. Enter search text, edit.
	input type=text with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text with label for	Reading	Enter search text. Enter search text, edit
	input type=text with label for	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text inside label with text before control	Reading	Enter search text. Enter search text, edit
	input type=text inside label with text before control	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text inside label with text after control	Reading	Enter search text, edit. Enter search text.
	input type=text inside label with text after control	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit
	input type=text inside label with text before and after control	Reading	Enter search text. Enter search text, blanks not allowed, edit. Blanks not allowed.
	input type=text inside label with text before and after control	Tabbing	Enter search text, blanks not allowed, edit
	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. Yes, radio button checked. Yes. No, radio button unchecked. No. Sign me up to the newsletter. Yes, radio button checked. Yes. No, radio button unchecked. No.
	Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element	Tabbing	I agree to terms and conditions. Yes, radio button, checked. Sign me up to the newsletter. Yes, radio button, checked.
	img with null alt	Reading	Nothing	Ignored as expected
	img with alt	Reading	This is alt text
	img with figcaption	Reading	Figure Violet, taken on 12/11/2010
	img with title	Reading	This is title text
	img with aria-label	Reading	This is an aria label
	img with aria-labelledby	Reading	This is an aria labelled by. This is an aria labelled by
	area and img with alt attributes	Reading	This is alt text. 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 title attribute	Reading	This is alt text. 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. 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
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is alt text. Link, this is left aria labelled by text. Link, this is right aria labelled by text
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Link, this is left aria labelled by text. Link, this is right aria labelled by text
	Link containing img with alt	Reading	Link, this is a link alt
	Link containing img with alt	Tabbing	Link, this is a link alt
	Link containing img with title	Reading	Link, this is an image title
	Link containing img with title	Tabbing	Link, this is an image title
	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	Link, this is an aria label
	Link text replaced by aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Link, this is an aria labelled by
	Link text replaced by aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Link, this is an aria labelled by
	Click Here link with aria-describedby attribute	Reading	Link click here. This is an aria described by	Reads out what's on screen in reading order
	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	Grid, two rows, two columns, morning. Afternoon. Free. Busy.	Announces TH headers when Ins-arrow-key table navigation used
	Data table with summary and th	Table	Table, data table summary, two rows, two columns, morning. Afternoon. Morning, free. Afternoon, busy.
	Data table with caption and th	Table	Table, two rows, two columns, data table caption. Morning. Afternoon. Morning, free. Afternoon, busy.
	Data table with th cell headers	Table	Table, two rows, two columns, morning. Afternoon. Morning, free. Afternoon, busy.
	Data table with th scope on cell headers	Table	Table, 4 rows, 5 columns, contact information. Name. Phone. Fax. City. One. Name, Joel Garner. Phone, 412 212 5421. Fax, 412 212 5400. City, Pittsburgh. Two. Name, Clive Lloyd. Phone, 410 306 1420. Fax, 410 306 5400. City, Baltimore.
	Data table with td headers attribute	Reading	Table, 3 rows, 7 columns, homework. Exams. Projects. Homework. Exams 1. Exams 2. Exams final. Projects 1. Projects 2. Projects final. Homework, fifteen percent. Exams 1, fifteen percent. Exams 2, fifteen percent. Exams final, twenty percent. Projects 1, ten percent. Projects 2, ten percent. Projects final, fifteen percent.	Correctly voices complex table headers using HEADERS attribute in reading mode.