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