Accessibility

Thorium Reader is for everyone, including people who are blind or have other types of visual, cognitive or motor disabilities. The application is compatible with accessible technologies like screen readers, including JAWS, NVDA, Narrator and VoiceOver. It includes a read-aloud feature with visual highlighting. Thorium Reader can be used with the mouse or the keyboard, and keyboard shortcuts are configurable. The display can be customized to meet the needs of users, including colors, text size, spacing, font and layout.

Accessibility information

Accessibility information Currently Thorium displays in the Book information panel, the accessibility information provided by the publisher. Thorium displays this information as it was defined. In case of doubt or complaint, please contact the distributor or the publisher of the file.

Reading with a screen reader

Reading with a screen reader Activating screen reader support Thorium automatically detects assistive technology, but, since 3.3, users must explicitly activate screen reader support by ticking the checkbox in the application settings (this is a global preference for the main library window as well as all reader windows). In the previous versions, this support was automatically activated. We had to modify this feature because third-party applications can request the same privileges as assistive technology at the level of the operating system, which in turn causes Thorium to incorrectly detect screen readers.

Accessibility policy

EDRLab is a non profit developpement laboratory and places accessibility as a core requirement of it’s actions. That include the developpement of Thorium Reader. However, the core aspect of innovation and experimentation of our work may affect accessibility at some points. Funding limitations may also affect our action and will to provide the best reading experience for all readers. These are the main reasons why we cannot, at this moment, afford a full accessibility testing cycle at each release.