Bold and italics
This test details the audible effects of bold and italic markup when read by different screen readers. Default settings are used in screen reader tests.
Findings
In all screen readers tested, no audible distinction is present between unstyled text, <b>, <strong>, <i>, and <em>.
Test cases
Unstyled
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.VoiceOver macOS 10.15
JAWS 2020 Windows 8.1
NVDA 2019.2.1 Windows 8.1
VoiceOver iOS 13
Using <b> element
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.VoiceOver macOS 10.15
JAWS 2020 Windows 8.1
NVDA 2019.2.1 Windows 8.1
VoiceOver iOS 13
Using <strong> element
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.VoiceOver macOS 10.15
JAWS 2020 Windows 8.1
NVDA 2019.2.1 Windows 8.1
VoiceOver iOS 13
Using <i> element
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.VoiceOver macOS 10.15
JAWS 2020 Windows 8.1
NVDA 2019.2.1 Windows 8.1
VoiceOver iOS 13
Using <em> element
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.VoiceOver macOS 10.15
JAWS 2020 Windows 8.1
NVDA 2019.2.1 Windows 8.1
VoiceOver iOS 13