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) plays music (b) reads the screen aloud (c) takes photos (d) makes text tiny
- 2.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) captions on videos (c) big touch targets (d) tiny tap areas
- 3.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 4.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 5.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 16 px
Title: 18 px
Caption: 17 px
Body text: 12 px - 7.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the server (b) colour-blind users (c) the battery (d) fast typists
- 8.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 9.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 22 px
Label: 16 px
Menu: 10 px
Hint: 25 px
Caption: 24 px (a) Label (b) Title (c) Menu (d) Hint - 11.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) fast-flashing lights (c) captions on videos (d) labels on every icon
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 20 px
Caption: 22 px
Title: 14 px (a) Title (b) Footer (c) Caption - 13.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) labels on every icon (b) sudden loud sounds (c) fast-flashing lights (d) colour as the only clue
- 14.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 15.True or false: “colour as the only clue” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 16 px
Label: 17 px
Caption: 19 px
Title: 21 px - 17.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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18.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 19 px
Hint: 12 px
Menu: 24 px
Label: 19 px
Title: 14 px -
19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 18 px
Label: 16 px
Caption: 12 px (a) Caption (b) Label (c) Menu - 20.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) nobody (b) only experts (c) everyone (d) only the coder
- 21.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 22.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) icons with no labels (b) captions on videos (c) strong colour contrast (d) labels on every icon
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23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 10 px
Label: 21 px
Body text: 17 px
Hint: 14 px -
24.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 14 px
Title: 17 px
Label: 23 px
Menu: 18 px
Caption: 18 px (a) Label (b) Menu (c) Title (d) Body text - 25.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) strong colour contrast (b) icons with no labels (c) fast-flashing lights (d) sudden loud sounds
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 16 px
Body text: 13 px
Label: 13 px -
27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 12 px
Footer: 12 px
Title: 14 px
Hint: 24 px
Caption: 12 px -
28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 26 px
Menu: 14 px
Body text: 27 px
Label: 26 px (a) Label (b) Menu (c) Footer (d) Body text - 29.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 30.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 31.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a sound (b) a long animation (c) a bright colour (d) a text label
- 32.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 33.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) captions on videos (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
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35.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 13 px
Label: 11 px
Caption: 17 px
Title: 23 px -
36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 28 px
Menu: 9 px
Caption: 25 px (a) Menu (b) Hint (c) Caption - 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) labels on every icon (c) captions on videos (d) fast-flashing lights
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) colour as the only clue (c) sudden loud sounds (d) big touch targets
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) colour as the only clue (c) sudden loud sounds (d) captions on videos
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40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 19 px
Menu: 11 px
Body text: 20 px
Hint: 10 px
Answer key
- reads the screen aloud
- tiny tap areas
- makes it harder
- 6
- helps everyone
- 1
- colour-blind users
- 2
- 3
- Menu
- fast-flashing lights
- Title
- labels on every icon
- 7
- True
- 0
- True
- 2
- Caption
- everyone
- 4
- icons with no labels
- 2
- Body text
- strong colour contrast
- 2
- 4
- Menu
- True
- helps everyone
- a text label
- helps everyone
- 4
- colour as the only clue
- 2
- Menu
- fast-flashing lights
- big touch targets
- captions on videos
- 2
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