Vision Assistant AI
Utilities
Free
Vision Assistant is an accessibility-focused camera and voice assistant designed to help people who are visually impaired better understand the world around them.
The app uses the camera to identify nearby objects, describe scenes, read visible text, and provide spoken guidance. Users can interact hands-free with voice commands, including asking for help whenever they need instructions.
Key features include:
• Spoken scene descriptions
• Object and direction guidance
• Text reading from the camera view
• Voice command support
• Audio-first onboarding and help instructions
• Large, clear controls designed for accessibility
• Haptic and speech feedback for easier navigation
Vision Assistant is designed to support everyday awareness, but it should not be used as a replacement for mobility tools, professional assistance, or personal judgment. Results may vary depending on lighting, camera visibility, network connection, and object clarity.
Ratings & Reviews
# What's New in This Version
## 1. Describe now covers the whole scene, not just what's closest
Double-tap Describe used to focus mostly on the nearest object. It now describes **both**:
- **Foreground** — obstacles, objects within reach, anything underfoot
- **Background** — the wider room, doorways, or people further away
So a single description gives you the full picture of your surroundings, not just the closest item.
## 2. Find now searches the whole camera view, foreground and background
Previously, Find used a zoomed-in camera view that could crop out anything not centered and close. Find now uses the full, wide field of view, so it can locate your object whether it's close by or further into the background.
## 3. Find distance is now actually accurate
Distance used to say "about 3 feet" for almost everything, regardless of how far the object really was. This was a bug in how distance was estimated — it's now calculated properly, per object and per frame, using the object's real size on screen. You should now get distance estimates that actually reflect how far the object is (closer objects read as closer, farther objects read as farther).
*Note: if an object can't be precisely measured (e.g. Find falls back to a lower-detail detection mode), the app will now say something like "found it nearby" instead of guessing a specific, potentially wrong number.*
## 4. Find direction (left/right) is fixed
There was a bug where Find could occasionally announce the wrong side — e.g. saying an object is on your right when it's actually on your left. This was caused by an internal orientation mismatch and has been corrected. Directional guidance should now reliably match what's actually in front of you.
## 5. Describe is now conversational — ask follow-up questions
After Describe finishes speaking, the app will now prompt: *"You can ask a question about what I described, or say done to finish."* You can then ask multiple follow-up questions about that same scene (e.g. "what color is it?", "how many people are there?", "is there a chair nearby?") and get relevant spoken answers, without needing to re-describe the whole scene each time.
- Say **"done"**, **"stop"**, or similar to end the conversation whenever you're ready.
- Starting a new Describe, Find, or Read action will automatically end the current follow-up conversation.
The developer, Smaran Rangarajan, 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.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Smaran Rangarajan
- Size
- 816.1 KB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Smaran Rangarajan
