apps for blind

apps that help the blind and visually impaired in completing daily tasks.

Last update: Sun, Mar 23rd 2025, 12:07 pm

Seeing AI

is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed with and for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world by describing nearby people, text and objects.

• OS: Android
• language:English, French, and more

Cash Reader

One of the best currency recognition apps for the blind and visually impaired.

• OS: Android
• language:Arabic, English, French, and more

Be My Eyes

Blind or visually impaired users can request assistance from sighted volunteers who will receive a notification. Once the first sighted user accepts the request, a live audio and video connection will be established between the two parties. A sighted assistant can now assist blind or visually impaired people, with a video connection from the blind or visually impaired rear camera.

• OS: Android
• language:Arabic, English, French, and more

Lookout

Using your phone's camera, Lookout makes it easy to get more information about the things around you and do everyday tasks more efficiently like sorting mail, finding out about medications, and more.

• OS: Android
• language:English, French, and more

Envision AI

Envision is an OCR app that helps blind and visually impaired users to live a more independent life.

• OS: Android
• language:Arabic, English, and more

ElevenLabs Reader

The application allows you to convert texts into audio.
It supports text, PDF, and more.

• OS: android.

Lazarillo

It is a specialized GPS application that provides navigation tools for blind people. Using voice messages, Lazarillo will tell you about nearby places.

• OS: Android
• language:English

TapTapSee

is designed to help the blind and visually impaired identify objects they encounter in their everyday lives.

Simply tap anywhere on the screen to take a picture. TapTapSee can photograph any two or three-dimensional object at any angle and speak the identification back to the user.

• OS: Android
• language:Arabic, English, French, and more

DotWalker

An application that helps to navigate and find directions.

• OS: Android
• language:English

InstaReader

InstaReader to read books and pdf files and convert them to text.

• OS: Android
• language:English

E3rafli

E3rafli is an App that recognizes Egyptian money and colors. The App helps the blind and visually impaired solve their daily problems easily. All you have to do is turn on the screen reader, then move to any of the features in the App then point the phone's camera towards what you want.

• OS: Android
• language:Arabic, English

Sullivan+

is a visual-aid app provided by TUAT Corp. to enhance the accessibility of the visually impaired users and informs users who need visual aids about information perceived via the smartphone camera.

• OS: Android
• language:Arabic, English, French, and more

Sullivan Lite

is a visual-aid app provided by TUAT Corp. to enhance the accessibility of the visually impaired users and informs users who need visual aids about information perceived via the smartphone camera.

• OS: Android
• language:Arabic, English, French, and more

My Eye

My Eye App is an innovative app designed to empower blind and visually impaired people by providing detailed, real-time visual information.

• OS: Android

Tech Freedom

A multi-tasking application that provides the blind with more than one service, as follows:
- Back up applications.
- Voice assistant to collect information.
- Reader of Indian currencies.
- PDF file reader.
- Document conversion.
- Image descriptor and generator.
- Saves passwords and links.
- Writing notes.
- Media player.
- Voice recorder.
- A multilingual engine.

• OS: Android
• language:English

ally

"It is an intelligent assistant from Envision that can answer your questions through text chat or voice."

• OS: Android 7.0 and up

ScribeMe

An application for extracting text from PDF and PowerPoint documents, as well as describing images using artificial intelligence.

• OS: Android 6.0 and up

PiccyBot

The application provides a detailed description of images and videos, either in text or audio form. It also allows you to ask questions about the described content through writing or voice input.

• OS: Android 7.0 and up