RealTime Ai Cam

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Description of App

RealTime AI Cam tells you what your camera is pointed at, out loud. Every part of it runs on the phone, so it works in airplane mode, on a subway, or in another country with no data. No account, no subscription, nothing to buy.

WHAT IT DOES
Names what is in front of you, over 600 everyday objects.
What's this? describes the whole scene in a sentence and reads it to you.
Hold to ask a question about what it sees, and it answers first: yes, no, or the number.
Reads printed text out loud, and says numbers and dates the way a person would.
Help Me Aim: say what you are looking for, a face, a page, a label, and it talks you into the shot, then takes the picture itself once you are lined up.
One tap flashlight for dark rooms.
Translates printed text into English.
Distance to what is in front of you on iPhones with a depth sensor.

LANGUAGES
Built for English speakers. It reads English, and translates printed Spanish into English with no internet at all. Other languages download once from Apple, then work offline too (iOS 18 and later).

WHAT STAYS ON YOUR PHONE
Everything runs on your phone. The only time the app goes online is to download a language pack, once, and only if you want to translate something besides English or Spanish. English and Spanish never touch the internet.

WORKS WITH VOICEOVER
Every button is labeled, so you can run the whole app without seeing the screen. You can also let VoiceOver do the talking instead of the app if you prefer.

HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT IS
The models are small enough to live on your phone, which is why it works with no signal, and it does get things wrong sometimes. It tells you when it is unsure rather than guessing confidently.

BUILT FROM WHAT USERS ASK FOR
Most of what is in here came from blind and low vision users emailing me and me building it that night. If something does not work with VoiceOver, or you want it to do something it does not do yet, email [email protected].

Version

1.3.4

Free or Paid

Free

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone
iPad

iOS Version

27.2

Accessibility Comments

A very accessible app. It was designed with the blind in mind. The dev is very responsive to suggestions and correcting any bugs.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

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

Other Comments

A great app for on device identification of objects and text recognition. It don't send your data off device so that is really cool.

Recommendations

3 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by 1drew 3 weeks 3 days ago

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