20 Best Blind & Visually Impaired iOS Apps

1) fring visually impaired version

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fring is a multi-award winning mobile application that letsyou communicate and share web-based experiencesdirectly from your iPhone/ iPod touch.fring operates asyour mobile social hub.Talk, chat & tweet on fring and otherfavorite social services including MSN Messenger, GoogleTalk, Twitter, Yahoo , AIM, ICQ, all through one central profile, using your iPhone and iPod touch's internet capability.Enjoy voice calls (VoIP) via WiFi and 3G, stay connected with your online world with instant messaging from anywhere using fring multiple connection options (3G, WiFi, GPRS, Edge) directly from one integrated friends list.See your friends real-time status and share your own; make yourself available at ... (Free)By fringland Ltd. via

2) Visually Impaired Clock

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Clock for partially sighted person (macular degeneration)- Large numbers- ContrastUseful to show the time to people active or athletic (swimmer cyclist) (Free)By Cyberlab via

3) indoo.rs Visually Impaired App

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Indoor navigation enables users to find their way around large spaces, take the shortest routes and be made aware of all the POI along the way. Using a smart phone with voice activation, indoo.rs visually impaired app makes a never before visited location easily navigable for visually impaired individuals.Features: Indoor positioning & presence detection Navigation & routing Location sharing Location based communicationThe user is guided by a combination of positioning algorithms, Bluetooth low-energy beacons, and a free mobile app on a smart phone. Routing-by-voice is available through the use of the smart phones accessibility feature. A similar applications has been ... (Free)By indoo.rs GmbH via

4) Talking Camera - for visually impaired/blind

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100% satisfied or refunded. Contact us before giving us any negative reviewsTalking camera will help you in your everyday life by reading for you any written text.The app is simple and straightforward :1. You take a picture of text (menu in a restaurant, page of a book, etc.)2. The app will read the text for youThe app is made for visually impaired people : large fonts, high contrast app. (Free)By Smart Mobile Software via

5) Huckleberry Finn - audiobook for the visually impaired and blind

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Audiobook, Huckleberry Finn - for the blind and visually impaired personsThanks to our audiobooks the visually impaired and blind persons can have the full control over the audiobook, being able to play and pause the audio, forward and rewind, change chapter and save/load a bookmarkPLEASE, EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING TO THE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON YOU ARE GOING TO HELPHold the iPhone in portrait mode, with the Home button at the bottom, then you can:Play -> Shake your iPhone;Pause -> Shake your iPhone, while the audio is playing;Save the bookmark -> Double tap on the screen, while audio is playing;Load ... ($3.99)By FABIENSEN via

6) Speed Dial - Visually Impaired

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Speed Dial - Visually Impaired is the best communication app for visually impaired and old aged person who are having problem in reading and searching contact names. Speed Dial - Visually Impaired is capable to send WhatsApp message, FaceTime audio / FaceTime video call, SMS, email to users favorite contacts insanely quick. Also for visually impaired people the app can be used in emergency situations to make calls without searching contacts. Speed Dial pageUser can tap on the empty Speed Dial Contact cell, phone-book will open. User has to select the desired contact and tap on it and then tap ... (3.99)By Jay Shenmare via

7) Talking Camera Pro - for visually impaired/blind

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100% satisfied or refunded. Contact us before giving us any negative reviewsTalking camera will help you in your everyday life by reading for you any written text.The app is simple and straightforward :1. You take a picture of text (menu in a restaurant, page of a book, etc.)2. The app will read the text for youThe app is made for visually impaired people : large fonts, high contrast app. ($1.99)By Smart Mobile Software via

8) iDentifi- Object Recognition for Visually Impaired

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iDentifi is an app that empowers visually impaired individuals to gain more independence in daily tasks like grocery shopping, self-navigating in indoor environments, and reading. It uses artificial intelligence to enable a visually impaired user to click a photo of virtually any object or piece of text, and then speaks aloud a description of the object in an image or dictate any text in the image to the user. Furthermore, all of the app's functionality works in more than 25 languages. Finally, the app features an interface designed with visually impaired users in mind, while also giving users the option ... (Free)By Anmol Tukrel via

9) TapTapSee - Blind & Visually Impaired Camera

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TapTapSee is a lightweight application designed to help the visually impaired and blind community identify objects they encounter in their daily lives.Once the user takes a picture of what is in front of them, the application identifies and speaks the identification back to the user.The application also features instant recognition on all US paper currency.Spoken identification requires VoiceOver to be turned on. (Free)By Net Ideas, LLC via

10) Reader - Accessible Graphics for Visually Impaired

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The Reader app makes graphics accessible to users who are blind or have a vision impairment. This app is the result of a research project and was testing over several years with users who have vision impairments. The goal of the app is to give blind users access to graphics and let them gain a sense of how objects are spatially placed within the graphics.Within the app you can purchase a subscription to the Raised Pixels online repository of accessible graphics Raised Pixels contains a growing collection of graphics specifically created for vision impaired users. You can browse accessible graphics ... (Free)By Raised Pixels Pty Ltd via

11) Aipoly Vision: Sight for Blind & Visually Impaired

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Aipoly Vision is an object and color recognizer that helps the blind, visually impaired, and color blind understand their surroundings. Simply point your phone at the object of interest and press any of the recognition buttons at the bottom of the screen to turn on the artificial intelligence.Aipoly Vision will keep running and recognizing objects until you switch to a different mode, or toggle the recognition button.Aipoly Vision can recognize 1,000 essential items for free, and many more through a subscription. Recognize Everything:Recognize a wide variety of objects at a rate of three times a second. Simply switch on the ... (Free)By Aipoly Inc via

12) Pocket Reader - Printed Text for the Visually Impaired

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Designed and developed for visually impaired and blind users, this app converts printed texts into digital texts, reading them with VoiceOver right after the conversion. The app offers a guide for framing the sheet with the printed text: following the directions given by the app through VoiceOver, the user finds the sheet by moving the device, and, when the sheet is fully on frame, the app takes a picture automatically, convert the image to text and then speaks the converted text out loud. Also, the text is stored inside the app, so that the user can hear older converted texts ... (Free)By MARIA BORGE via

13) ThirdEye: Empowering the Blind and Visually Impaired with Object Recognition

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Featured in Forbes, Techcrunch, HuffingtonPost, SIRIUSXM, New Scientist, TEDx, Mother Nature Network, PhillyVoice, and WHYY; at ThirdEye, we believe in empowering the visually impaired. ThirdEye restores autonomy to visually impaired persons lives by enabling them to recognize everyday objects. All the user has to do is touch one button and our technology verbally returns back whatever object the user is looking at within seconds (for example a 5 US Dollar Bill or an Ibuprofen bottle). We have a database of millions of images that is being updated every day and thus our product is able to recognize a wide array ... (Free)By Rajat Bhageria via

14) Nearspeak

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Nearspeak provides contextual acoustic information for visually impaired people.Many situations are for people with impaired vision a major challenge: what`s on the menu? When and where is the next train?A lot of information are visual only available today. With Nearspeak this data can be mediated by language.Nearspeak was designed, developed and tested with the help of the blind and visually impaired community. It uses information about the accessibility of VoiceOver and has a simple high-contrast surface for visually impaired users.It uses proximity sensors for more precise localization and information processing.Supports Apple Watch. (Free)By Mopius OG via

15) VisionHunt Color Edition

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iOS 4.2 tested. VisionHunt(tm) Color Edition v2.6 is a vision aid tool for the blind and the visually impaired that uses the phones camera to detect colors, the light level and light sources. In brief, VisionHunt identifies about 30 colors. It also detects the 20 Euro and the 10 US Dollar bills as a demo functionality for the VisionHunt full edition app. Finally, VisionHunt detects of light sources such switched on lamps and open windows during the day. VisionHunt is fully accessible to the blind and the visually impaired through Voice Over or Zoom. ($0.99)By VI Scientific Ltd via

16) VisionHunt

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Offered now at the lowest price until the end of the holiday season.iOS 5.0 tested. VisionHunt(TM) v2.6.1 is a vision aid tool for the blind and the visually impaired that uses the phones camera to detect colors, paper money, the light level and light sources. In brief, VisionHunt identifies about 30 colors. It also detects the 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 US Dollar bills and all euro deminonations. Finally, VisionHunt detects sources of light, such as switched-on lamps or televisions. VisionHunt is fully accessible to the blind and the visually impaired through VoiceOver or Zoom. ($0.99)By VI Scientific Ltd via

17) MySmartEye

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MySmartEye is a micro-volunteering initiative designed to crowdsource vision and care for the visually impaired. Using the MySmartEye application, the visually impaired will be connected to micro-volunteers, family, and friends wherever they are, whenever they like.- Using our accessibility feature, a visually impaired person can easily take a picture of anything with a touch.- The image is then shared with micro-volunteers in real-time as a query.- The volunteers can describe the image to the visually impaired from wherever they are, making volunteering effortless, easy and instant.- The replies are converted from text to speech for the visually impaired. (Free)By Tribal DDB Singapore via

18) Read Me The Weather - A Weather App for the Blind or Visually Impaired

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Read Me The Weather is the best way for a visually-impaired or blind person to check the weather. It is tightly integrated with Apple`s VoiceOver technology to provide just the information you need in a clear and concise way.Just open the app and hear today`s current temperature and conditions. Tap the "Tomorrow" button to hear tomorrow`s forecast.Weather data powered by forecast.io. ($1.99)By Can`t Even Draw via

19) Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired (NCECBVI)

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The Nebraska Centre for the Education of Children who are blind or Visually Impaired (NCECBVI) is proud to have launched its new Mobile Application. The app will serve as a one stop gateway for Schools, Districts, Students and Teachers to access all the latest related information about NCECBVI on the go.Founded in 1875, NCECBVI serves children from infancy to age 21. NCECBVI`s program offers the expertise and specialized skills of the center`s staff to blind, visually impaired, and multi-handicapped students in residential, day, and outreach settings. The mission of NCECBVI is to improve the learning of children who are blind ... (Free)By Crescerance via

20) ObjectiveEd Games

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ObjectiveEd Games is the first pack of games for blind and visually impaired students to practice Expanded Core Curriculum skills. These games are used by Teachers of Visually Impaired Students, Orientation and Mobility Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialists. (Free)By marty schultz via

 

 


 


 
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