zEdit — The Fully Accessible Video and Audio Editor Built for Blind Users
zEdit is the world's first fully accessible video and audio editing app, designed from the ground up for blind and low-vision users. Most media editing tools rely on visual, drag-and-drop interfaces — making them nearly impossible to use with a screen reader. zEdit solves this at its core: every screen, every button, and every gesture is designed to work flawlessly with VoiceOver. You can now edit your videos and audio recordings completely independently, without needing anyone else's help.
ACCESSIBILITY COMES FIRST
In zEdit, accessibility isn't a feature added later — it's the foundation of the app. It has been tested with VoiceOver at every stage of development.
- Flawless VoiceOver compatibility: Every interface element has a meaningful label, hint, and correct reading order. No button is ever announced as an "unlabeled button."
- VoiceOver-safe loading overlay: While operations are running, screen reader focus is never lost or thrown to the wrong place; the app tells you out loud what is happening at each step.
- Logical navigation order: Screens can be explored from top to bottom by touch, and elements appear in the order you expect.
- Spoken feedback: You receive clear announcements when actions like saving, exporting, or trimming are complete.
- High contrast and large touch targets: For low-vision users, interface elements are easy to distinguish and comfortable to tap.
VIDEO EDITING FEATURES
- Trim and cut videos: Precisely set start and end points to remove the parts you don't want.
- Merge multiple clips: Combine separate video pieces into one seamless video.
- Delete and reorder sections: Remove pieces from the middle of a video or change their order.
- Adjust the sound: Change the level of the video's audio, mute it entirely, or add new audio.
- Extract audio from video: Save a video's audio track as a separate file.
AUDIO EDITING FEATURES
- Trim and merge recordings: Bring audio files to the length you want and combine pieces.
- Volume control: Adjust the loudness of your recordings.
- Add music or other audio: Layer multiple audio sources on top of one another.
- Format conversion: Export your audio files in common formats.
EXPORTING AND SHARING
- Optimized export: The export engine has been refined for speed and quality, so your projects are saved quickly and at high quality.
- Quality options: Choose the balance between file size and quality that suits you.
- Easy sharing: Send your finished projects directly to other apps or save them to your device.
MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT
zEdit offers full support in six languages. You can use the app in your own native language and hear all menus and VoiceOver announcements in your language.
WHY zEdit?
What a blind user needs is not an app that is merely "said to be accessible," but a tool that has truly been hand-tested with every detail considered. That is exactly what zEdit is. It is an app built by a blind developer for blind users. That is why it works in practice, not just in theory.
Media editing is now everyone's right. With zEdit, your videos and audio are fully under your control.
Download zEdit today and experience what independent, accessible media editing feels like.
Excellent App Enabling Blind/Visually Impaired Users Efficent Audio and Video
Scott_GSD
Although my use of zEdit is limited to editing videos, there is so much more to this app. zEdit makes editing audio and video content a breeze as an individual with a visual disability. I prefer to use zEdit over QuickTime on the Mac. In fact, zEdit to my knowledge may be the only fully accessible audio and video editor on iOS.
Great app, but missing some features
Meghan Schmidt
As a blind content creator, I love having an app I can actually use to edit my videos independently! That being said I think I am experiencing some glitches which is understandable since it's a new app, but I thought I'd let you know. If I double tap on anything relating to my projects with photos or audio description either the name, edit button etc., it takes me to the menu as if I wanted to create a new project, not my project itself. Sometimes when I push export, my phone just freezes and doesn't pull up the share menu even after closing the app and reopening it. Also if I add audio to any project or adjust the volume of my video, anything relating to audio becomes mono audio instead of stereo. When I added audio to a project and turned on the audio extension because I wanted it to keep going throughout my project, it didn't extend the audio. Things that could be improved: When you trim or cut and are able to preview, you should be able to continue adjusting and play as you adjust, not push cancel in the preview menu and have to start the trimming all over again just to get it right. There could also be a third adjustable bar for milliseconds that goes from one to ten so you can get it just right. I would also like the option to put my voice over the video for narration purposes and as far as I can tell that's not an option yet. Overall I love being able to edit pretty accessibly on my own. Keep up the great work! :)
Amazing, almost perfect
lgkaercher
I love this app, it’s truely the most simple yet effective editing tool I’ve used for IOS. The only complaint I have is with the magic trim feature. I think it works really well, however, when working on a project where I have to trim several parts, I have to exit out of the magic trim interface and go back in to trim another area. Once or twice isn’t to bad, but when I’m editing videos with around 45 minutes of content that needs to be cut it can be somewhat exhausting. But besides that, this is an amazing app with innovative features.
Thank you so so much!!!!
Just someone 🧑🦯
For the first time I was able to edit my own videos and do adjustments to what I want and don’t want without wasting my time playing around with other inaccessible abs or half other people helped me edit. This app 100% perfect but this is a great start!
VERSION 3.5
WHAT IS NEW
• AI support. Enter your Gemini, OpenAI, Grok or Claude API key in the new Artificial Intelligence section of Settings. The key is stored only in your device secure keychain; requests go straight from your own account, the app is not in between and charges nothing. For each provider you can pick a model, refresh the model list from the provider, and test the connection with one tap.
• AI Description. In the editor, frames are taken from the range you choose and the AI writes timed descriptions for blind viewers. You set the density and the style. Read the texts and send the one you like to the Audio Description tool with one tap.
• Ask the AI. Ask anything about the part of the video you choose. Video frames and the spoken text, if any, are sent together, so both visual and audible questions are answered.
• You can select more than one AI. Each model answer appears in its own section, so nothing is lost inside another answer and you can compare models.
• Automatic subtitles can now be produced by AI. On-device recognition is free but makes mistakes; with a key, subtitles are produced with your own subscription and are noticeably more accurate. You choose the method each time.
• In audio description, the providers natural voices were added to the voice list. They work in exactly the same flow as device voices.
FIXES
• Error messages are now really shown in the language you selected. A mapping bug made every processing error appear in English no matter which language was chosen.
• The rate slider and the sample button, which do nothing for AI voices, are no longer shown for them.
Version 3.5
The developer, MERIC KARACA, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Dark Interface
Information
Seller
MERIC KARACA
Size
34.1 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.