About Us

In Pursuit of Information Equality

We founded SeeWriteHear in 2000 to pursue information equity for people with disabilities by transforming content, researching new technologies, and providing education for clients across industries. Our comprehensive portfolio of services covers all forms of information access, including print materials, internet accessibility, education, video and film content, and multimedia content in physical and virtual spaces.  We assist clients in achieving both compliance and usability standards by delivering products and services of uncompromising quality.  Our team takes pride in enabling end users of all abilities to more fully participate in culture, study, and economy.

We are proud to be a US-based company with deep expertise in print and digital accessibility, having assisted in the creation of the WCAG guidelines, as well as several other accessibility standards, including chemistry braille and audio MathML.  

The SeeWriteHear Team

Integrity, Advocacy, and Commitment

From product delivery to research to advocacy, our teams are dedicated to increasing access for the accessibility communities we serve.  SeeWriteHear has three major product and service channels: Accessible Print Media, Accessible Digital Media, and Software and Consulting.

The Accessible Print Media group consists of Library of Congress–certified braille transcribers and graphic artists who produce accessible print materials for blind and visually impaired readers. The team has decades of expertise in UEB, Nemeth, science, and other braille standards, providing high-fidelity braille volumes to STEM professionals and students working on college and graduate level degrees in high-demand fields like mathematics, chemistry, and biology. Highly trained accessibility writers compose alt-text descriptions of images that convey complete information and relevant detail, while also considering teaching goals, test question integrity, and reader time constraints.

The Accessible Digital Media group converts and produces accessible electronic file formats such as HTML, PDF, and MS Office formats for use with screen readers and other assistive technologies. All accessible digital media is produced to WCAG and Section 508 compliance, and fully inspected for data integrity. The team receives and processes thousands of pages per day, under stringent accuracy, security, and patient privacy requirements.

Our A/V Services division provides expert accessibility features for multimedia content, including descriptive video, captioning, and MathML/HTML5 conversion. Past clients include major educational publishers, as well as government agencies like the National Park Service and the IRS.

The Software and Consulting group provides custom development and services for corporations and government clients. The team has more than 20 years’ experience in helping organizations understand, develop, and implement accessibility plans. We provide ready-to-use tools, including document analysis software, MathML validators, and HTML5 e-readers, enabling clients to quickly build their accessible libraries and websites.

SeeWriteHear innovates technology solutions to meet dynamic accessibility challenges.

• Proprietary multiformat document conversion technologies that rapidly transform content into a wide range of accessible formats.
• Integrated software solutions that increase the usability of content, information, and services.
• MathSpeak software that dramatically improves the delivery of complex math via audio, aiding students who are blind in taking standardized tests and studying in STEM fields.
• Software tools for editing and checking braille and MathML that help build accessible versions of textbooks for schools and publishers.
• Industry standard high-throughput braille embossers capable of printing more than 1,000 interpoint pages an hour.
• Proprietary OCR Technology that rapidly scans and converts content of all types into accessible formats.
• Cutting edge Content Conversion Applications that create STEM braille content, complex scientific graphics, and talking books.

Mass production of high-quality accessible materials has always been our core skill. A combination of proprietary automated tools, exceptionally qualified personnel, and state-of-the-art equipment enable SeeWriteHear to accurately produce and ship thousands of alternative format pages per day.

Your information, and that of your clients, is safe with SeeWriteHear. Our Security Policy ensures that all SeeWriteHear employees and temporary users securely operate all hardware and software.

All unsupervised access to Personally Identifying Information (PII) will be contingent on meeting the standards listed in this policy. All personnel including contractors, guests, visitors, or other temporary users who require access to PII must meet certain minimum requirements before being granted an IS/IT user account for accessing PII. These requirements include positive identification and a background check.  

The Security Compliance Officer (SCO) working with each manager will determine the extent of access to PII required for each employee to successfully carryout their work responsibilities. Access will be granted through a role-based process according to the Access Control Policy and Procedures. During their tenure, personnel may be reassigned, and other access rights given. At all times it is the policy of SWH that personnel have access to PII only to the extent required to do their job. The use of PII beyond the extent required for legitimate execution of responsibilities, attempting to obtain and/or obtaining access to PII without proper permission is forbidden, and may result in sanctions as prescribed by the SWH Security Violations and Sanction Policy and Procedures. Where all other requirements are met, and a prospective user is awaiting the results of a background check, the user may access PII under the direct supervision of another user.  

Upon termination of employment or contracts, personnel will have access to PII revoked immediately, and all PII in their possession must be returned. Any attempt to use or gain access to PII after termination will be subject to civil or criminal prosecution.