Must have Mobile apps for Visually impaired / Blind people

in #apps7 years ago (edited)

Hello People, Good day every one.

This blog will introduce you to the most powerful mobile applications that help the visually impaired people in their day to day activities.

Here goes the list

1. Be My Eyes - Helping the blind

Introduction :
This app allows visually impaired people to connect to volunteers through a video call and get required assistance as and when required.

You can download the app from the below links

Android
IOS

Click here for official Website

This app currently has 64,627 visually impaired users and 9,28,605 volunteers who are serving them.

Once you install the app you have the below two options and you can register either as a user or a volunteer

  • I am blind or visually impaired
  • I am a sighted volunteer

With a rating of 4.9 on playstore, this app serves its purpose and had won many awards.

2. KNFB Reader

Introduction :
This app will read out any text from images or documents helping the visually impaired people. It converts text to speech or braille. Visually impaired users can simply click a photo and can listen to the text on the image through this app.

You can download the app from the below links

Android
IOS
Windows

Click here for official Website

KNFB reader reads PDF's, images, menus, bills, documents etc and supports multiple languages like English, Italian, German, Russian etc.

3. Lazarillo GPS for Blind

Introduction :
This app helps visually impaired people in reaching their destinations using the mobile data and GPS. It continues to guide the user using audio messages all through the route till he/she reaches the destination safely.

You can download the app from the below links

Android
IOS

Click here for official Website

This app tells you about the nearby places, streets and will inform you about all the places around while you are travelling through the route. This app can also run in the background if you are active on other application.

4. Notification Reader: Shouter

Introduction :
As the name states, this app reads out all the notifications on the user's mobile.

You can download the app from the below links

Android

Apart from reading notifications, it announces battery levels, caller name, time and also reads text messages.

5. Blind Communicator

Introduction :
This app is a specially designed launcher for blind people using smart phones and tablets. The app comes with a voice guide which tells everything that's happening in the device.

You can download the app from the below links

Android

Visually impaired people find it very easy to make / receive calls, send / receive SMS, set up alarms, create contacts and all the basic operations using this app.

Please dont forget to resteem and spread this list as it might help a random beautiful soul.

Signing off,
Hemanth

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You are such a nice human being. Along the way, we have just forgot how to help others and care for those who needs our assistance. When we have seen so much advancement in the filed of science and technology then why not do something for them too.
I believe in this modern era of computer and IT, even AI can help them a lot to make their lives easire.

Thanks for stopping by. agree with you. apps like these are boon to manking

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Hmmm looks very interesting ill have to do some research on this :) thnx

Awesome post! You have opened a new horizon in mobile usage. All the people in the world will be grateful to you. Thanks for such a great posting.

Thanks @blackybabies . Overwhelmed with your comment. It is so encouraging. Very happy to hear such kind of feedback. have a great day

What an helpful app!

What a great and helpful post, I am involved in a home for the aged and most of the residents have at the least some visual impairment and this post could give some relief to at least some of them. Thank you for the info. and a great post.

Thanks @tigerfish, thank you so much for letting me know your thoughts. Its indeed a great work what you are doing. People like you lead us by example. Yes, please do share these apps with the people in the home and make their life better.

Thank you and thanks again for the great post.

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This is really great. I love seeing people helping other people in need. I still don't fully understand how this works but I find it very interesting. I personally don't know anybody who's completely blind but I do know a few people that are visually impaired. I'm definitely going to let them know about this.

Thanks @steemation for your support. All these apps are very interesting. Just keep them in your mind and let the needy ones know about it. God bless.

I feel very happy when I see technology helping to make people's life better. As an android lover I always try to encourage people to help others through their apps. For many years and even today technology is blamed of destruction of environment, making people lazy and as a cause of many diseases.That's not completely wrong. But every thing has pros and cons. And the bright side of it is more powerful. Only thing we need to do is trying.

Hey @androidmaster thanks for coming here. Yes we dont use technology in a right manner and if used properly these apps are the best results. And i do agree with you that we should keep trying in directing the technology in the right path. by the way loved you steemit id. Have a great day :)

thanks for this app dear@Himanthoj
i found the app,its so helpful
i use this as soon as possible...this type of app remind me as a notify of daily activities...awesome work

Hi @sarsey thanks for you support. Please share this and also save it. These apps are really useful to people even with minor visual defects. Thanks for taking time and reading my blog. Take care