by Microsoft
Seeing AI was developed by Microsoft and launched in 2017 for iOS, with an Android version released in 2023. Created by a team that included visually impaired engineers, it has grown to support 18 languages with ongoing feature expansion and broader platform availability.
The app offers dedicated channels for different tasks: Short Text (instantly reads text in the camera view), Documents (captures and reads full pages), Products (identifies barcodes), Persons (recognises trained faces), Currency (identifies bank notes), Scenes (AI-generated descriptions of surroundings), Light (detects light levels), and Handwriting. Many features including OCR work offline, making the app reliable in low-connectivity environments.
Seeing AI helps people who are blind, have low vision, or have print disabilities to independently access visual information in everyday situations—reading mail and labels, identifying groceries, navigating environments, and recognising people.
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