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