Hi all,
I'm building a macOS menu-bar app called VocaVista and I'm looking for blind
and low-vision testers before it goes any wider.
The problem it goes after: when someone shares their screen in a Zoom, Teams,
or Google Meet call, that content reaches you as video. VoiceOver has nothing
to read — you're in a meeting about a document everyone else can see. VocaVista
captures the shared window, describes it aloud, and speaks again when the
content changes, so you can follow a deck as it advances. Descriptions sit in
one ear via spatial audio so they don't fight the meeting. There's also a
question mode: freeze the current slide and ask about it — "what's the third
bullet," "read the axis labels."
The design decision that shapes everything: it runs entirely on your Mac. The
vision model is local. Nothing from the shared screen is uploaded anywhere,
which matters when the screen is showing confidential work content — the
meetings where access matters most are exactly the ones cloud tools can't be
used in.
Where it honestly stands: this is a working early build, validated in real
Zoom meetings, under active development. It is not on the App Store yet. Right
now testing means a guided session with me — join a test meeting, listen, tell
me what's wrong with it. A downloadable signed beta is close, and early
testers will get it first.
What I'm looking for: Mac users who rely on VoiceOver and sit in
screen-sharing meetings for work or study. Requirements are an Apple Silicon
Mac and recent macOS. The feedback I most need is the critical kind — too
slow, too chatty, wrong when it matters. That's what shapes the next builds.
If you're interested, use the contact form at accessibilityx.com/contact — or
email mo at accessibilityx dot com — with a line about your setup and the
kinds of meetings you're in.
Thanks — and if this overlaps with something you've already tried, I'd
genuinely like to hear what worked and what didn't.