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