Best Apps For Visually Impaired

Being visually impaired doesn’t mean you have to be limited in your daily activities. There are a lot of apps out there that can make life easier for those who are visually impaired.

From reading and writing, to navigating the outdoors and indoor locations, to helping you connect with others, there are so many apps available that make life easier for those who have low vision or are blind.

Here are some of the best apps currently available for the visually impaired:

Best Apps For Visually Impaired

Living with low vision or blindness can present numerous challenges on a day-to-day basis. Simply running errands, preparing meals, recognizing objects, and performing tasks at home or work can become overly complicated and frustrating, to say the least. Thankfully, there are plenty of mobile applications available to offer assistance to people with visual impairments.  Many of these are low-cost or free.

These image recognition apps let you identify currency, plants, products, and more using your Android or iPhone camera.

So, without any further ado, let’s dive right into the details!

TapTapSee

TapTapSeeTapTapSee is an app that allows the visually impaired and blind community to accurately identify objects they encounter in their daily lives without the need for sighted assistance. Using your iPhone camera, you can take a photo at any angle and hear the description of the object read back to you. The app also features an auto-focus notification and sharing options. In addition, you can have the last image identification repeated. Finally, you can upload photos from your camera roll for identification and even save them to your phone afterward with the provided definitions for easy reuse.

Download: TapTapSee for Android | iOS (Free)

Lookout by Google

LookoutIf there’s a brand you can trust more than others to provide useful and reliable innovations, it’s Google. By using your smartphone’s rear-facing camera, Lookout identifies important items in your environment and reports the information it believes is relevant. This might include things like exit signs, the location of a bathroom, people or objects nearby, and even text in a book. Lookout’s spoken notifications are designed to be used with minimal interaction so that they don’t distract you or get in the way.

Download: Lookout by Google for Android (Free)

Seeing AI

Seeing AIDesigned by Microsoft, Seeing AI allows users to use the rear camera on the smartphone to identify and narrate the world around you, turning the daily unseen into an audible experience. The app can identify objects, text, and even people. You can use Seeing AI to complete multiple tasks you’re otherwise incapable of doing due to your visual impairment.

Simply navigate to the Scene Preview channel. Once you are ready, double tap the “Take Photo” button. The app will describe the surroundings. At the top of the screen is a “Close” button. Below the description are options to save and share the photo.

Download: Seeing AI for iOS (Free)

Supersense

SupersenseClearly, when it comes to accessibility, less is more. Supersense is one more example of great software that can boost your confidence when out and about, despite very minor flaws.

The app’s Object Explorer mode uses streaming video from your smartphone camera. No need to take photos and wait for images to be uploaded and analyzed.

Likewise if you’re sitting in a room and you want to know what’s around, fire up the Supersense app and enable Object Explorer. Slowly pan the phone and the app will identify and speak the names of furnishings: sofas, chairs, lamps, picture frames and such. Again, the identification happens in real time—very handy for a quick look-around to orient yourself in an unfamiliar room or office setting.

Download: Supersense for Android | iOS (Free, in-app purchases available)

Be My Eyes

Be My EyesBe My Eyes pairs blind people with sighted volunteers who help them identify objects using a smartphone app and camera.

One notable difference that does appear to exist between Be My Eyes and other apps, is that Be My Eyes uses live video chat to communicate with the volunteer at the other end, whilst other apps will require you to take a photo. The person who’s blind connects to people with sight, points the smartphone camera at things and gets help seeing what they are. The app rings — a monotonous, droning ring — until both sides are connected.

Download: Be My Eyes for Android | iOS  (Free)

Bespecular

BespecularThis is a pretty fantastic app to use when you need help. The app offers a very unique and simple process to get a remote volunteer to help you out on something you need. You will and can get multiple of responses to your questions. It gives you a variety of different answers to get that aquestion answered that you want and need.

What separates this app from the park is the ability to send a question along with the picture of the object you want identified to a community of volunteers.

A visually impaired person can ask a question, for instance taking a photo of an outfit they would like to wear and ask a question such as, does the outfit match my shoe and then that question is sent to a community of volunteers who can then provide a feedback”

Download: BeSpecular for Android | iOS (Free)

Cash Reader

Cash ReaderWhether you need to hand out cash or count bills given to you, check out the Cash Reader app. This tool not only speaks the denomination but also vibrates and displays it in large contrasting numbers on the screen for those discreet situations. The app supports over 100 currency denominations and multiple languages. It doesn’t matter which way you use it, even if you show just a small portion of the banknote to the camera, it will work. So, make sure you get the correct change or assistance with counting your cash with Cash Reader.

Download: Cash Reader for Android | iOS (Free, subscription available)

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Braille Works looks to the tech world this week. We’re highlighting some of the most useful mobile apps which play a role in the visually impaired community. It’s rare to find someone that isn’t glued to their smartphone these days. But, with that dependence on technology, many have found independence for themselves.

Need to know how far you’ve walked in a day? There’s an app for that. Need to know how many calories you’ve eaten? There’s an app for that. Need to know where you’re spending your money? Yep, you’ve guessed it- there’s an app for that too. But what if you need exact directions because you can’t visually see the landmarks or map of the city you’re visiting? Or you can’t tell if you’re holding a can of beets or cranberry sauce until you open it? Well, for those with blindness, thankfully there’s an app for that too.

5 of the Best Mobile Apps for Users who are Blind or Visually Impaired

Apps have made life easier for many people living with blindness or a visual impairment. Being able to read things that are only in visual print, was a task that might have required a non-sighted person to seek the help of another. But apps in combination with the ever growing presence of technology grant people new ways of reading things and doing really anything. We learn to read with our ears and write with our voices.

Voice-over features on smartphones are a game changer. They grant the same access to the digital world to nonsighted users like everyone else. In turn, it seems that more people realize that blind people matter too. Microsoft pushed for more accessible versions of Windows. Netflix adopted audio description technology for its programs. And, everywhere we look, we’re redefining the definition of “to look”. People are people no matter how they “see”. And, apps are helping people level the playing field and be more independent. We’re going to focus on 5 mobile apps for the blind that have really made a difference.

1. LookTel: The Money Identifier Mobile App

LookTel Money Reader instantly recognizes currency and speaks the denomination, enabling people experiencing visual impairments or blindness to quickly and easily identify and count bills. [Learn More]

2. KNFB Reader App: Reads Virtually Any Text Aloud

The KNFB Reader converts printed text into high-quality speech to provide accurate, fast, and efficient access to both single and multiple page documents with the tap of a button on the iPhone. [Learn More]

3. TapTapSee: Identify Objects Through Photos

TapTapSee is designed to help the blind and visually impaired identify objects they encounter in their daily lives. Simply double tap the screen and take a photo of anything, at any angle. You’ll hear the app speak the identification back to you (Note: Requires VoiceOver to be turned on). [Learn More]

4. Color ID Free: Discovers the Names of the Colors Around You

Color ID Free uses the camera on your iPhone to speak the names of colors in real-time. [Learn More]

5. Be My Eyes: The One Everyone’s Been Talking About- People Helping People in Real-Time

Be My Eyes – Be the eyes for a blind person in need of help remotely through a live video connection if you are sighted or be assisted by the network of sighted users if you are blind. [Learn More]

We know there’s way more than just 5 useful apps out there and we’d love to hear what apps you have found helpful in your life! Has there been a game-changing app that you’ve come across? How has your life changed because of technology?

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