About Accessibyte
Accessible software shaped by the people who use it
Accessibyte builds learning and productivity software around the needs of people who are blind or have low vision. That foundation has also made our products useful to people who do not rely on hearing, learners with attention needs, people who use switch controls, and anyone who benefits from a clear, flexible, and approachable experience.
Accessibility is not something we add after development. It shapes how our products are planned, designed, tested, and supported from the beginning. That approach has guided Accessibyte for more than a decade.
It started with direct instruction
Founder Joe Jorgenson spent nearly ten years providing assistive technology and rehabilitation instruction to people who were blind or had low vision. He worked directly with learners who had different goals, abilities, experiences, and levels of comfort with technology.
Again and again, he saw capable people held back by software that was inaccessible, unnecessarily complicated, or designed without a clear understanding of how blind users learn.
So he began building the tools he and his clients needed. Typing instruction became clearer and more rewarding. Practice became something learners could approach independently. The software evolved through direct use, observation, and feedback rather than assumptions about what accessibility should look like.
What began as a solution for one instructor and his clients grew into software used by schools, agencies, libraries, professionals, families, and individuals across the country. Ten years ago, Accessibyte became an official company. Its instructional roots still guide everything we build.
Joe holds a master’s degree in special education and professional certifications as a Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist, and Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist.
Shaped by real users and real needs
Accessibyte products continue to grow through conversations with teachers, students, rehabilitation professionals, libraries, families, and individual users.
When an instructor identifies a gap, we listen. When a learner struggles with a step, we reconsider the design. When an agency describes a skill its clients need for greater independence or employment, that experience helps shape the roadmap.
Our users are more than an audience. They are active participants in the development of the software. Many of our most useful features began with a real person describing a real need.
Ten years of building what learners needed
Accessibyte has spent more than a decade creating accessible tools for areas where appropriate options were limited, difficult to use, or missing altogether.
Accessibyte has spent more than a decade creating accessible tools for areas where appropriate options were limited, difficult to use, or missing altogether.
Typing instruction designed to make practice rewarding,with speech, high-visibility options, structured lessons, and progress tracking for children, teens, and adults.
Accessible braille, math, logic, and pre-coding activities that allow blind and low vision learners to practice important skills more independently.
Study tools, games, and everyday applications, that recognize accessible software should be engaging as well as functional.
- A consistent, self-voicing Windows environment, that makes common computer tasks more approachable, with no screen reader required and support for people who already use assistive technology.
We do not build features simply because they are popular. We build tools that solve practical problems and help people learn, work, communicate, and participate more independently.
Small enough to care. Established enough to trust.
Accessibyte remains a small, specialized company. Support comes from people who understand the products, the field, and the learners they serve. Customer feedback reaches the people making product decisions.
At the same time, Accessibyte is an established partner for organizations making long-term decisions. We work with school districts, schools for the blind, vocational rehabilitation programs, libraries, nonprofit organizations, professionals, families, and individuals.
We understand purchase orders, institutional licensing, procurement reviews, accessibility documentation, security requirements, privacy questions, and the practical steps organizations must complete before introducing new technology.
Organizations should not have to choose between a responsive specialist who understands their users and a dependable company prepared to support an ongoing program. Accessibyte is built to provide both.
Built for accessibility before it became a deadline
The ADA Title II web accessibility rule now establishes WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the standard for web content and mobile applications provided or made available by covered public entities.
For many organizations and software companies, that means reconsidering systems that were never designed with accessibility in mind. Accessibyte began from a different starting point. Accessibility has shaped our work from the first line of code, long before it became a formal deadline for many of the organizations we serve.
See what we have built
Whether you support one learner, an entire district, a rehabilitation program, a library, or your own path toward greater independence, Accessibyte has tools designed to help.
Meet the Founder
Joe Jorgenson has a decade of experience teaching blind and low vision students. He holds a Master’s in Special Education along with COMS, CVRT, and CATIS certifications. Joe is the company’s founder and designer behind Accessibyte’s quirky, lovable apps.
Meet Lola
The majority of Accessibyte’s code has been supervised by Lola, Joe’s miniature long-haired dachshund. She ensures balance with long naps, occasional treats and plenty of charm.