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) reads the screen aloud (b) plays music (c) takes photos (d) makes text tiny
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2.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 16 px
Hint: 14 px
Title: 10 px
Caption: 14 px -
3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 26 px
Menu: 16 px
Footer: 17 px
Label: 11 px
Caption: 22 px (a) Title (b) Menu (c) Footer (d) Label - 4.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) captions on videos (b) tiny tap areas (c) sudden loud sounds (d) icons with no labels
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) sudden loud sounds (c) captions on videos (d) colour as the only clue
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6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 20 px
Hint: 12 px
Body text: 10 px
Title: 16 px -
7.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 12 px
Footer: 14 px
Caption: 18 px
Title: 10 px - 8.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 9.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 10.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) big touch targets (c) sudden loud sounds (d) strong colour contrast
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) sudden loud sounds (c) strong colour contrast (d) tiny tap areas
- 12.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 13.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) fast-flashing lights (c) labels on every icon (d) colour as the only clue
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) big touch targets (c) strong colour contrast (d) colour as the only clue
- 15.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 16.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only experts (b) nobody (c) everyone (d) only the coder
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17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 15 px
Body text: 17 px
Hint: 17 px
Menu: 13 px
Label: 17 px -
18.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 12 px
Title: 18 px
Hint: 24 px
Caption: 15 px - 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) tiny tap areas (c) text that can grow (d) captions on videos
- 20.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 21.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to slow them down (c) to hide the sound (d) to add colour
- 22.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 23.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 24.True or false: “colour as the only clue” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) tiny tap areas (c) sudden loud sounds (d) big touch targets
- 26.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 22 px
Title: 14 px
Caption: 21 px
Body text: 25 px (a) Title (b) Caption (c) Body text (d) Hint -
28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 16 px
Title: 10 px
Menu: 23 px
Caption: 13 px - 29.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) fast typists (b) colour-blind users (c) the battery (d) the server
- 30.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 31.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 21 px
Body text: 28 px
Footer: 19 px
Title: 12 px (a) Body text (b) Title (c) Label (d) Footer -
33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 27 px
Footer: 25 px
Hint: 10 px (a) Footer (b) Hint (c) Title - 34.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 35.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 36.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 37.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a sound (c) a text label (d) a long animation
- 38.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 17 px
Label: 14 px
Body text: 26 px
Footer: 19 px
Menu: 19 px (a) Title (b) Footer (c) Body text (d) Label -
40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 23 px
Title: 11 px
Hint: 17 px
Label: 14 px
Caption: 23 px
Answer key
- reads the screen aloud
- 3
- Label
- captions on videos
- captions on videos
- 2
- 3
- True
- helps everyone
- sudden loud sounds
- strong colour contrast
- 9
- labels on every icon
- colour as the only clue
- True
- everyone
- 2
- 2
- tiny tap areas
- 7
- so anyone can follow
- makes it harder
- 4
- True
- big touch targets
- 2
- Title
- 2
- colour-blind users
- makes it harder
- 3
- Title
- Hint
- helps everyone
- True
- helps everyone
- a text label
- 2
- Label
- 2
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