Vision Apps and Software
Free/Low Cost AT for Vision
Features:
- App that connect people who are blind with sighted volunteers around the world
- Using video chat, volunteers help people who are blind with a variety of tasks as
they serve as the eyes for the person who is blind
- A network of thousands of both blind and sighted people across the world
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone; Android
Features:
- Increase your keyboard or text input system size to 114% the normal size increase
ease of sight using this QWERTY keyboard
- State-of-the-art system powerful enough for individuals who are blind or low vision
to use by not needing to look at the screen to type
- Powerful word prediction system and autocorrect system edits your text without the
need to even see the keyboard
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone, iPod touch; Android
Features:
- Highlight only the text you want to read while Fokus dims and darkens the rest of
your Chrome or Firefox window with an overlay
- Highlights the paragraph you’re reading with the ability to change the opacity of
the background overlay
- Easy to install extension with the ability to turn the feature on or off
- For more information click here
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Chrome and Firefox Add-On
Features:
- LookTel Money Recognizer allows users who are blind or low vision to recognize currency
and will speak the denomination out loud
- Place money under the camera of your phone and the app will recognize the currency
amount
- Over twenty currencies supported by this app
Cost: $9.99
Compatibility: Mac; iOS: iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
Features:
- LookTel Recognizer allows users who are blind or low vision to recognize objects
- Build a library of images of objects commonly found in your daily life
- Once the library is built, place object in front of camera of phone and instant recognition
and description of the object will occur
Cost: $19.99
Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
Features:
- Adapt and adjust webpages to your own reading preference settings
- Adjust the font to one of 10 available fonts including Dyslexie® font
- Adjust font size, letter spacing and line spacing of the webpage you’re reading
Cost: $4.99
Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone, Mac
Features:
- NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free, open source screen reader built for Windows
based operating system computers
- Download to your computer directly or to a USB drive and run on any computer without
installation
- Works with many popular applications such as web browsers, e-mail, and Microsoft Office
programs
- Ability to convert text into Braille using a Refreshable Braille Display
Cost: Free or Donation
Compatibility: Windows
Features:
- App that narrates the world around you
- Describes nearby people, text, objects, and colors
- Reads barcodes, currency, and handwriting
- Describes photos and images in other apps
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS, Android, iPhone app
Features:
- Use this app to help identify everyday objects for anyone with a visual impairment
or who is blind
- Double tap the screen, take a picture of the object, and hear the name of the object
spoken out loud
- Turn VoiceOver on to have the object description read out loud
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone; Android
Features:
- Click the light bulb button to get your screen to fade to a dark opacity overlay
- Everything but the key area you are working in, such as a YouTube Video, a Google
Doc, or an HTML 5 website will fade
- Ability to adjust opacity and darkness
- Shortcut keys to command program
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Chrome Extension; Online Resource; Android
Features:
- Use your iDevice to become an instant handheld magnifier or CCTV
- Zoom images up to 20x
- Change display mode to match your best vision including black and white, color, highlights,
contrasting colors, and smart text to enhance text
- Magnify documents, books, whiteboard or anything you see
- Compatible with VoiceOver
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
Features:
- Designed for visually-impaired and others who need to magnify a part of the screen
- Magnification: Variable scale factor from 1x to 32x
- Does not open a separate window for the magnification but instead puts a movable magnifying
glass on screen
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux
