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