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