Speakaboo
Fastest help for the blind on iOS . 10K+ users
AI vision help for blind and low vision iPhone users
An iOS app that describes what the camera sees in about two seconds. One tap, then you can ask follow up questions in plain language.
Builder and co founder
Defining goals
Make everyday vision help feel instant.
Other tools make you wait for a person, pick a mode, or pay by the minute. We wanted something you open, ask, and get an answer in a couple of seconds.
Design Process
Understanding User Needs
We talked with blind and low vision users about what slows them down day to day. Reading mail, checking clothes, finding keys, and reading signs came up again and again.
Technical Implementation
We built a hold to ask camera flow on iOS with cloud AI when online and on device models when offline. Everything is labelled for VoiceOver from the start.
Building the App
One flow for reading, looking around, and asking more
Point the camera, hold to ask, get a description, then keep talking. No mode picker. People also launch it from the Action Button, Lock Screen, or Siri shortcuts.
Results
Over 10,000 users
Shipped on the App Store and used daily for quick questions about the world around them.
Supported by NVIDIA and Google
Presented at CSUN and covered on AppleVis.
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