About

The people and the process behind the accessibility-first studio.

We are a small studio with one belief: accessibility is a starting point, not a patch.

The team reviewing an accessibility audit report together at a desk

How we work

Design in the browser, test with JAWS and NVDA, verify every colour with a contrast analyser, and only then call a page done. We work in writing — clear reports, annotated screenshots and prioritised checklists your team can act on — so nothing gets lost between a call and the code.

Our story

2003

Founded

A one-person studio opens in Kolkata with a stubborn rule: if it fails in a screen reader, it fails.

2016

Compliance

India’s RPwD Act raises the bar; we spend the era auditing government and enterprise portals.

2021

Themes

Our accessible-themes practice gets its own home: carousels, forms and login flows.

2026

Ariade

The whole test battery, packaged into a free block theme — this site is the theme itself.

  • 2003 the year we started
  • 400+ audits delivered
  • 12 countries served
  • 100% keyboard tested

The team

Portrait of Maya R.

Maya R.
Founder & lead auditor

“My favourite sound is a clean re-test.”

Portrait of Leo F.

Leo F.
Accessibility engineer

“Semantics first, always.”

Portrait of Aisha K.

Aisha K.
UX researcher

“I test with people, not personas.”

Portrait of Daniel O.

Daniel O.
Training & support

“Accessibility must survive the handover.”