Computer-based assessments have a quiet accessibility problem. Most platforms assume the user can read text on a screen, click through options, and type their responses. For visually impaired students — particularly in India — this assumption effectively shuts them out entirely.
I wanted to fix that. Not with a workaround, but with an experience that feels native to voice from the ground up.
The Problem
Screen readers exist, but they're clunky, require separate setup, and often mispronounce Indian names, words, and sentence structures in ways that feel jarring and unnatural. The experience breaks down fast. What visually impaired Indian students actually need is a system that speaks to them the way people around them speak — in a familiar accent, at a natural pace, without sounding like a robot reading out a manual.
That's what led me to Sarvam AI.
