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