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