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) takes photos (c) makes text tiny (d) plays music
- 2.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 3.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 4.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) icons with no labels (c) tiny tap areas (d) labels on every icon
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) captions on videos (c) fast-flashing lights (d) text that can grow
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) big touch targets (c) strong colour contrast (d) text that can grow
- 8.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) big touch targets (c) tiny tap areas (d) labels on every icon
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9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 25 px
Menu: 20 px
Label: 13 px
Caption: 17 px
Hint: 17 px (a) Caption (b) Label (c) Menu (d) Body text - 10.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 11.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 12.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 13.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 14.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) icons with no labels (c) strong colour contrast (d) captions on videos
- 15.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 16.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) so anyone can follow (c) to hide the sound (d) to add colour
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17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 26 px
Footer: 14 px
Label: 20 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Footer -
18.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 27 px
Menu: 20 px
Title: 10 px
Body text: 26 px (a) Title (b) Body text (c) Menu (d) Caption - 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) labels on every icon (c) big touch targets (d) sudden loud sounds
- 20.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) labels on every icon (c) fast-flashing lights (d) sudden loud sounds
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21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 15 px
Menu: 21 px
Body text: 22 px -
22.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 12 px
Title: 19 px
Menu: 21 px - 23.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) sudden loud sounds (c) text that can grow (d) strong colour contrast
- 24.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 25.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) colour as the only clue (c) fast-flashing lights (d) sudden loud sounds
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27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 21 px
Footer: 24 px
Body text: 21 px -
28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 21 px
Footer: 9 px
Label: 19 px
Menu: 17 px (a) Hint (b) Menu (c) Label (d) Footer - 29.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 27 px
Label: 13 px
Title: 28 px (a) Title (b) Label (c) Footer -
31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 17 px
Body text: 14 px
Title: 23 px
Hint: 17 px (a) Hint (b) Title (c) Body text (d) Menu - 32.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 33.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 34.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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35.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 14 px
Label: 17 px
Title: 25 px (a) Label (b) Title (c) Menu - 36.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) fast typists (b) the battery (c) the server (d) colour-blind users
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37.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 14 px
Hint: 21 px
Caption: 16 px
Title: 28 px (a) Caption (b) Hint (c) Menu (d) Title - 38.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 14 px
Menu: 11 px
Caption: 11 px - 40.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- reads the screen aloud
- helps everyone
- helps everyone
- 4
- labels on every icon
- fast-flashing lights
- colour as the only clue
- tiny tap areas
- Label
- False
- 3
- True
- helps everyone
- icons with no labels
- 4
- so anyone can follow
- Footer
- Title
- sudden loud sounds
- labels on every icon
- 1
- 1
- sudden loud sounds
- True
- helps everyone
- text that can grow
- 0
- Footer
- makes it harder
- Label
- Body text
- 6
- 2
- True
- Menu
- colour-blind users
- Menu
- makes it harder
- 3
- False
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