Test: Figure test 1 - name from figcaption
Screen Reader support level: partial (40/77)
Voice Control support level: unknown
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- About this test
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- Dates and Versions of tested combinations
- Summary of screen reader support by expectation
- Summary of voice control support by expectation
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About this test
Figure with img that has a non-empty alt attribute and has a non-empty figcaption. The accessible name of the figure is sourced from the figcaption.
Age of results
Results in this test range from 2 years ago to 4 years ago. See detailed information about test dates and versions for more information.
Caution
Failing or partial results may be out of date. The oldest result is from 4 years ago. Consider running this test and contributing results.
Test HTML
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Summary of Screen Reader support by expectation
Expectation | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
MUST convey its role | none | none | none | none | none | unknown | none | supported | none | none | none |
MUST allow navigating content | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | unknown | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
MUST convey the boundaries of the element | supported | supported | supported | none | none | unknown | none | supported | none | none | none |
Expectation | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
MUST convey its name | supported | supported | supported | none | none | unknown | none | supported | none | none | supported |
MUST convey its role | supported | supported | supported | none | none | unknown | none | supported | none | none | supported |
MUST allow navigating content | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | unknown | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
MUST convey the boundaries of the element | supported | supported | supported | none | none | unknown | none | supported | none | none | supported |
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Summary of Voice Control support by expectation
Expectation | Dragon Naturally Speaking | Voice Access (Android) | Voice Control (iOS) | Voice Control (MacOS) | Windows Speech Recognition | Windows Voice Access | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Chrome | Safari | Safari | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Chrome | |
Not applicable |
Expectation | Dragon Naturally Speaking | Voice Access (Android) | Voice Control (iOS) | Voice Control (MacOS) | Windows Speech Recognition | Windows Voice Access | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Chrome | Safari | Safari | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Chrome | |||||||||
Not applicable |
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Detailed support results by expectation
Expectation for the figcaption element: convey its role
This expectation is from the figcaption element feature.
Rationale:
Screen reader users might need to differentiate between figure content and figcaption content
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- A screen reader might convey the role as something like "figcapion" or "caption"
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | none |
|
JAWS | Edge | none |
|
JAWS | Firefox | none |
|
Narrator | Edge | none |
|
NVDA | Chrome | none |
|
NVDA | Edge | unknown | - |
NVDA | Firefox | none |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
|
TalkBack | Chrome | none |
|
Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | none |
|
VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | none |
|
Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: figcaption element: convey its role
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2019.1907.42 | IE 11 | none |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Expectation for the figcaption element: allow navigating content
This expectation is from the figcaption element feature.
Rationale:
A user needs to be able to navigate the content
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- A screen reader might allow reading-mode navigation, such as reading line-by-line.
Grading method:
All of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
|
JAWS | Edge | yes |
|
JAWS | Firefox | yes |
|
Narrator | Edge | yes |
|
NVDA | Chrome | yes |
|
NVDA | Edge | unknown | - |
NVDA | Firefox | yes |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
|
TalkBack | Chrome | yes |
|
Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | yes |
|
VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | yes |
|
Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: figcaption element: allow navigating content
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2019.1907.42 | IE 11 | yes |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Expectation for the figcaption element: convey the boundaries of the element
This expectation is from the figcaption element feature.
Rationale:
Screen reader users might need to differentiate between figure content, figcaption content, and other content
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- A screen reader might announce the role of the element when entering and say something like "leaving" when exiting.
- A screen reader might not explicitly announce entering and existing the element, but instead imply that the is in the containing object by conveying the roles of required children (options in a listbox for example).
- A screen reader might announce position in set information such as "1 of 6".
- A screen reader might not convey boundaries if the content fits on a single line
Grading method:
All of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
|
JAWS | Edge | yes |
|
JAWS | Firefox | yes |
|
Narrator | Edge | none |
|
NVDA | Chrome | none |
|
NVDA | Edge | unknown | - |
NVDA | Firefox | none |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
|
TalkBack | Chrome | none |
|
Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | none |
|
VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | none |
|
Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: figcaption element: convey the boundaries of the element
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2019.1907.42 | IE 11 | yes |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Expectation for the figure element: convey its name
This expectation is from the figure element feature.
Rationale:
A screen reader user needs to know what to enter.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- A screen reader might source the name from the "figcapion", "aria-label" attribute, "aria-labelledby" attribute, or "title" attribute
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
|
JAWS | Edge | yes |
|
JAWS | Firefox | yes |
|
Narrator | Edge | none |
|
NVDA | Chrome | none |
|
NVDA | Edge | unknown | - |
NVDA | Firefox | none |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
|
TalkBack | Chrome | none |
|
Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | none |
|
VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | yes |
|
Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: figure element: convey its name
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2019.1907.42 | IE 11 | none |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Expectation for the figure element: convey its role
This expectation is from the figure element feature.
Rationale:
A screen reader user needs to know how they can interact with the element. Voice control software might use the role to help users activate controls that do not have a visible name.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- A screen reader might convey the role as something like "figure"
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
|
JAWS | Edge | yes |
|
JAWS | Firefox | yes |
|
Narrator | Edge | none |
|
NVDA | Chrome | none |
|
NVDA | Edge | unknown | - |
NVDA | Firefox | none |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
|
TalkBack | Chrome | none |
|
Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | none |
|
VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | yes |
|
Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: figure element: convey its role
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2019.1907.42 | IE 11 | none |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Expectation for the figure element: allow navigating content
This expectation is from the figure element feature.
Rationale:
A user needs to be able to navigate the content
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- A screen reader might allow reading-mode navigation, such as reading line-by-line.
Grading method:
All of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
|
JAWS | Edge | yes |
|
JAWS | Firefox | yes |
|
Narrator | Edge | yes |
|
NVDA | Chrome | yes |
|
NVDA | Edge | unknown | - |
NVDA | Firefox | yes |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
|
TalkBack | Chrome | yes |
|
Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | yes |
|
VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | yes |
|
Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: figure element: allow navigating content
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2019.1907.42 | IE 11 | yes |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Expectation for the figure element: convey the boundaries of the element
This expectation is from the figure element feature.
Rationale:
A user needs to know when they enter and exit an element
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- A screen reader might announce the role of the element when entering and say something like "leaving" when exiting.
- A screen reader might not explicitly announce entering and existing the element, but instead imply that the is in the containing object by conveying the roles of required children (options in a listbox for example).
- A screen reader might announce position in set information such as "1 of 6".
- A screen reader might not convey boundaries if the content fits on a single line
Grading method:
All of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
|
JAWS | Edge | yes |
|
JAWS | Firefox | yes |
|
Narrator | Edge | none |
|
NVDA | Chrome | none |
|
NVDA | Edge | unknown | - |
NVDA | Firefox | none |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
|
TalkBack | Chrome | none |
|
Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | none |
|
VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | yes |
|
Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: figure element: convey the boundaries of the element
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2019.1907.42 | IE 11 | none |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Dates and Versions of tested combinations
AT | AT Version | Browser | Browser version | OS version | Date tested |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JAWS | 2021.2107.12 | Chrome | 92 | Windows 10 version 21h1 | 2021-07-29 |
JAWS | 2021.2107.12 | Edge | 92 | Windows 10 version 21h1 | 2021-07-29 |
JAWS | 2019.1907.42 | Firefox | 69 | Windows 10 version 1903 | 2019-09-15 |
Narrator | Windows 10 version 1903 | Edge | 44 | Windows 10 version 1903 | 2019-09-15 |
NVDA | 2021.1 | Chrome | 92 | Windows 10 version 21h1 | 2021-07-29 |
NVDA | 2021.1 | Edge | 92 | Windows 10 version 21h1 | 2021-07-29 |
NVDA | 2019.2 | Firefox | 69 | Windows 10 version 1903 | 2019-09-15 |
Orca | 3.31.4 | Firefox | 69 | Ubuntu 19.04 | 2019-09-15 |
TalkBack | 7.3.0 | Chrome | 76 | 7 | 2019-09-15 |
VoiceOver (iOS) | 12.4.1 | Safari | 12.4.1 | 12.4.1 | 2019-09-15 |
VoiceOver (macOS) | 10.14.6 | Safari | 12.1.2 | 10.14.6 | 2019-09-15 |
History
- 2019-01-22 Test created. Thank you @scottaohara.
- 2019-09-15 Add orca and update results with output
- 2021-07-29 Added Narrator results for NVDA and JAWS, updated NVDA+Chrome results.