Accessibility
Accessibility at Sangeetshala
Music is learnt by ear, by hand and by patience — none of which depend on being able to see a screen or climb a stair.
This page sets out what we have already done to make the website and the school usable by everyone, what we know is still short, and how to reach a person who can put it right. We hold ourselves to WCAG 2.2 level AA on the website, and to the plain principle that nobody should have to ask twice to be admitted to a recital.
Last reviewed: 1 September 2026
On this website
Every link, button, rāga on the circle, language picker and form field can be reached and operated with the keyboard alone. The focus ring is a gold outline, never removed.
Headings run in order, images carry descriptions, the circle of rāgas exposes each rāga as a named link, and the notation tables are read as tables with mātrā numbers.
Body text on cream is well past the 4.5:1 threshold. Gold is used for accents and large text; a deeper gold carries links and small labels so they stay legible.
Nothing is fixed in place. Zoom to 200% or raise your browser’s minimum font size and the layout reflows instead of clipping.
The site honours “reduce motion”: transitions and the rotation of the rāga circle stop, and nothing moves, flashes or auto-plays without you asking it to.
Seventeen languages, each in its own script with a serif face chosen for it, and the page language announced to assistive technology so pronunciation follows the script.
At the recital hall and the school
Our building on the campus, and the Community Auditorium we use for the annual showcase.
In lessons and in the learning space
Teaching is adapted by the guru, not by a form. Tell us what helps and it becomes part of how your lessons run.
Notation is supplied in Roman transliteration and Devanagari, and can be sent enlarged, in high contrast, or as an audio recording of the same bandish sung slowly.
Lessons can be taken sitting on a chair rather than on the floor, at any instrument, without it being treated as a concession.
Online lessons are recorded on request so a student who needs longer can revisit the guru’s phrasing rather than rely on memory.
Riyāz targets and grading are set against a student’s own baseline. Attendance rules bend for medical treatment and for carers — write to the office rather than dropping out.
What we know is still short
Listing these is more useful than claiming they do not exist. Each is being worked on.
Some older recital recordings in the archive have no captions or transcript. New recordings are captioned before they are published; the back catalogue is being worked through, oldest first.
A few practice sheets are still scanned PDFs rather than real text, so a screen reader cannot read them. Ask and we will send a text version the same week.
The Community Auditorium’s hearing loop is weaker at the rear. Until the venue upgrades it, we seat anyone using the loop in the front half.
Something in your way?
Write to the office and a person — not a ticket queue — will answer, usually within two working days. Tell us what you were trying to do; we will find a way to do it with you while we fix the underlying problem.