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