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