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