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