Throw various bad bytes at file reader. On success, you will see a series of "PASS" messages, followed by "TEST COMPLETE". array = new Uint8Array([65, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 66]); blob = new Blob([array]); reader = new FileReader(); reader.readAsText(blob); PASS fileString is 'A�����������B' PASS successfullyParsed is true TEST COMPLETE