With infrastructure not changing for the sake of accessibility any time soon or at a fast-enough pace, these apps break barriers to empower the visually-impaired community

The smartphone has been a clairvoyant for those in the dark for a while now — from reading street signs to telling the time and gauging physical surroundings. After all, 90% of the information processed by the human brain is visual

Enter the Envision and Be My Eyes apps which promise all this and more, with a focus on diversification, privacy and inclusivity.
 

Envision

Making use of Artificial Intelligence, Envision intelligently extracts the information from images and provides an audio output.

Karthik Mahadevan, who co-founded the app through a thesis project, wanted minimal design to be a major component in the user experience (UX).
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/apps-for-the-visually-impaired-community-visualising-independence/article26373094.ece