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.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to add colour (b) to hide the sound (c) to slow them down (d) so anyone can follow
- 2.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 3.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) takes photos (b) reads the screen aloud (c) plays music (d) makes text tiny
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4.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 20 px
Menu: 24 px
Body text: 11 px
Label: 16 px
Title: 22 px -
5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 13 px
Title: 23 px
Hint: 21 px
Footer: 12 px
Caption: 20 px - 6.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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7.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 22 px
Menu: 12 px
Title: 18 px (a) Menu (b) Title (c) Footer -
8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 18 px
Caption: 21 px
Hint: 28 px
Title: 18 px
Footer: 12 px (a) Caption (b) Hint (c) Menu (d) Footer - 9.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) captions on videos (c) colour as the only clue (d) tiny tap areas
- 10.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 11.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a long animation (c) a text label (d) a sound
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 13 px
Hint: 24 px
Menu: 18 px
Caption: 23 px
Body text: 13 px - 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) big touch targets (c) fast-flashing lights (d) text that can grow
- 14.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 15.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 16.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 17.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 18.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 18 px
Caption: 24 px
Hint: 28 px
Footer: 9 px (a) Caption (b) Hint (c) Title (d) Footer - 20.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 18 px
Label: 16 px
Title: 12 px (a) Body text (b) Label (c) Title - 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) sudden loud sounds (c) strong colour contrast (d) fast-flashing lights
- 23.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) text that can grow (c) tiny tap areas (d) captions on videos
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24.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 9 px
Label: 27 px
Title: 26 px
Footer: 19 px
Body text: 26 px (a) Title (b) Label (c) Footer (d) Caption - 25.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 26.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 17 px
Caption: 17 px
Label: 13 px (a) Title (b) Caption (c) Label - 28.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 29.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) icons with no labels (c) fast-flashing lights (d) text that can grow
- 30.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 7 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. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 23 px
Title: 24 px
Menu: 11 px
Body text: 12 px
Label: 14 px -
32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 22 px
Hint: 21 px
Label: 15 px
Footer: 12 px
Body text: 10 px - 33.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) colour as the only clue (c) fast-flashing lights (d) labels on every icon
- 34.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 35.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 36.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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37.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 13 px
Body text: 23 px
Menu: 16 px
Label: 21 px -
38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 17 px
Caption: 16 px
Hint: 12 px -
39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 21 px
Menu: 10 px
Caption: 16 px (a) Caption (b) Body text (c) Menu - 40.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
Answer key
- so anyone can follow
- 7
- reads the screen aloud
- 1
- 2
- False
- Menu
- Footer
- captions on videos
- False
- a text label
- 2
- fast-flashing lights
- True
- 5
- helps everyone
- True
- helps everyone
- Footer
- False
- Title
- strong colour contrast
- tiny tap areas
- Caption
- makes it harder
- False
- Label
- makes it harder
- text that can grow
- 4
- 3
- 3
- labels on every icon
- helps everyone
- makes it harder
- False
- 1
- 1
- Menu
- 1
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