ScribeMe

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Description of App

Empowering Accessibility with AI. ScribeMe makes the world more accessible for blind and visually impaired individuals. Extract text from PDFs and PowerPoint presentations, generate automatic alt text for images, and capture or upload pictures for AI-powered image descriptions. Designed with simplicity in mind, ScribeMe is your essential tool for making documents and visuals accessible anytime, anywhere.
Version 1.6.2 Added the German and Hindi language App for describing images by default.

Version

1.62

Free or Paid

Free With In-App Purchase

Apple Watch Support

Not Known

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

16.4.1

Accessibility Comments

App is accessible, but for example, when trying to toggle on sounds in the settings, I wasn't able to turn them off.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

Most buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

This is the utility I have been waiting for to combine extracted text with image descriptions. It inserts the images for each page at the end of the text.
You will need to pay for a subscription of 250 or 500 images a month before testing this app. I think it has potential, but needs to expand more before it's ready for prime time. For example, you can browse your file history, and read your already generated files, but there is no way to directly export them. You can use VoiceOver's ccopy speech to clipboard feature since, at least for me in braille, the text shows up as one element. I've been able to use copy speech to clipboard and then paste the content into an email or note.
Having the share sheet so that I could export the file to, for example, Dropbox for use elsewhere would be helpful. Good idea, but it needs a bit more development.

Recommendations

2 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by allabtech 4 days 7 hours ago

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Comments

By Bishoy on Monday, April 21, 2025 - 18:36

I tried the app and I have to admit, it’s impressive. I have been looking for something to make documents accessible for a long time

By Scott Davert on Friday, April 25, 2025 - 19:01

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

Version 1.6.2 Added the German and Hindi language App for describing images.