Accessibility
Bīj is built on a simple belief: awareness belongs to everyone. There is no wrong body, no wrong mind, no wrong way of perceiving for this work. An app that asks for your presence should never make presence difficult.
Our standard
We measure Bīj against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA, and we are working toward meeting them fully. We are a small company and a young product. Where we fall short, we would rather say so plainly than pretend otherwise — and this page will stay current as the work continues.
Quiet by design
Much of what accessibility asks for, we already hold as first principles.
Nothing flashes. There is no strobing, no sudden motion, no autoplaying noise. The light in Bīj changes the way daylight does — slowly, over hours.
Nothing rushes you. There are no streaks, no countdowns, and no penalty for pace. Every practice can be paused, and nothing is lost when you stop.
One gesture, one meaning. Interactions in Bīj are consistent and predictable. The same movement always does the same thing, everywhere in the app.
Ornament stays ornamental. Our gold-on-cream geometry is deliberately subtle, so nothing you need to read or press is ever carried by ornament alone. Essential words and controls hold clear contrast, and meaning is never conveyed by colour alone.
Practice in every body
The four paths — Awareness, Rhythm, Earth, Lineage — are taught for the body you have today. Sitting, standing, and lying down are equal postures; none is more serious than another. Earth practice can happen at a window as truly as in a field. Breath practices are led by attention, not exertion — noticing the breath is the practice; forcing it never is.
And Bīj holds practices of sound and practices of sight — soundscapes and mantra for the ear, geometry and light for the eye, breath and ground for the body — so that no single sense is the only door in.
Still in progress
We name these openly, not as excuses but as a worklist: refining how every screen reads aloud with VoiceOver and TalkBack; publishing written versions of our guided practices; a reduced-motion setting for the geometry practices; and ongoing contrast review as the app's light shifts through the day.
Write to us
If you meet a barrier anywhere in Bīj — a screen that will not read aloud, a control too small to reach, a practice with no way in — write to us at info@bijapp.ca. A person reads every message, usually within a few days, and barriers go to the front of the line.
We consider access part of the ground. Everything else grows from it.