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