App Dev Worksheet: Accessibility
Developer's tip (Design for everyone): Our rule: text is at least 16 px; every icon has a text label for screen readers. Add captions to videos; never use colour as the only clue. Big touch targets and strong contrast help everyone.
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- 1.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) takes photos (b) plays music (c) makes text tiny (d) reads the screen aloud
- 2.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 3.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 4.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) colour as the only clue (c) text that can grow (d) sudden loud sounds
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) colour as the only clue (c) fast-flashing lights (d) tiny tap areas
- 6.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 7.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) icons with no labels (c) fast-flashing lights (d) labels on every icon
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 19 px
Title: 25 px
Hint: 23 px
Caption: 9 px (a) Title (b) Footer (c) Hint (d) Caption - 9.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) strong colour contrast (c) labels on every icon (d) captions on videos
- 11.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to add colour (c) to slow them down (d) to hide the sound
- 12.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 13.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the server (b) colour-blind users (c) fast typists (d) the battery
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 26 px
Caption: 11 px
Title: 24 px
Footer: 17 px (a) Caption (b) Label (c) Footer (d) Title - 15.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 16.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) text that can grow (c) fast-flashing lights (d) sudden loud sounds
- 18.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) colour as the only clue (b) text that can grow (c) strong colour contrast (d) labels on every icon
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) strong colour contrast (c) icons with no labels (d) tiny tap areas
- 20.True or false: “colour as the only clue” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 21.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 22.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) big touch targets (c) sudden loud sounds (d) tiny tap areas
- 25.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) icons with no labels (c) text that can grow (d) captions on videos
- 26.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) nobody (b) everyone (c) only experts (d) only the coder
- 27.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 10 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 28.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) tiny tap areas (c) strong colour contrast (d) fast-flashing lights
- 29.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 30.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 22 px
Label: 18 px
Body text: 28 px
Footer: 12 px (a) Body text (b) Caption (c) Footer (d) Label - 32.True or false: “tiny tap areas” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 23 px
Body text: 13 px
Caption: 23 px - 34.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 8 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 35.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) captions on videos (d) tiny tap areas
- 36.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) big touch targets (c) fast-flashing lights (d) sudden loud sounds
- 38.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) tiny tap areas (c) icons with no labels (d) captions on videos
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 19 px
Menu: 14 px
Label: 24 px (a) Label (b) Menu (c) Caption - 40.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
Answer key
- reads the screen aloud
- helps everyone
- 1
- text that can grow
- labels on every icon
- makes it harder
- labels on every icon
- Caption
- True
- fast-flashing lights
- so anyone can follow
- True
- colour-blind users
- Caption
- makes it harder
- 5
- text that can grow
- colour as the only clue
- strong colour contrast
- True
- helps everyone
- False
- False
- big touch targets
- icons with no labels
- everyone
- 1
- strong colour contrast
- False
- 2
- Footer
- True
- 1
- 2
- tiny tap areas
- False
- big touch targets
- captions on videos
- Menu
- 6
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