What is Seeing AI?
Microsoft's app that narrates the world for blind and low-vision users.
Who is Seeing AI best for?
Seeing AI is best for blind and low-vision people who want their phone camera to read text aloud and describe scenes and objects.
Reading mail and documents
It guides you by sound to line up a printed page, reads it aloud with its formatting, and answers questions about it, such as a price on a receipt or an item on a menu.
Quick text in the moment
The Short Text channel speaks signs, labels and screens as soon as they come into view, and a Handwriting channel reads cards in some languages.
Shopping and money
It scans barcodes with beeps to guide the camera and names the product, and it recognizes banknotes.
Understanding photos and scenes
It describes a scene or a shared photo, gives a longer description on request, and lets you move a finger over the image to hear where things are.
How much does Seeing AI cost?
Seeing AI is free, with no paid tier: Microsoft offers it as a free app for iPhone and Android.
- App for iPhone and Android
- Every channel included: text, documents, products, scenes, people, currency and colors
- Run by Microsoft as an ongoing research project
Microsoft's site calls Seeing AI a free app and has no pricing page; it links only to the App Store and Google Play downloads. Full pricing on seeingai.com. We checked these prices on .
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Questions about Seeing AI
What is Seeing AI?
Microsoft's app that narrates the world for blind and low-vision users.
Who is Seeing AI for?
Seeing AI is best for blind and low-vision people who want their phone camera to read text aloud and describe scenes and objects.
Is Seeing AI free?
Yes. Seeing AI has a free plan: app for iPhone and Android.
Where can I try Seeing AI?
On its official website, seeingai.com.
Does Seeing AI work on Android?
Yes. Seeing AI started on iPhone and is now also on Android through Google Play, with the same channels on both, including the longer photo descriptions and the option to ask questions about a scanned document. It works in many languages beyond English.
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