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