Weāve been working closely with @Arm and @Google to bring on-device AI to Envision.
With early access to Gemma 4 and powered by Arm SME2, weāre now running scene description and visual Q&A directly on smartphones.
More here: letsenvision.com/blog/envisiā¦
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Ashleigh is a blind teacher.
With Envision Glasses, she can hear every detail in her studentsā drawings of her guide dog and relieve memories vividly.
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This is the latest addition to the smart glasses that Envision supports, and it opens up a much more natural, hands-free way to interact with an accessibility-first AI agent. Our blind and low-vision customers can now simply speak to Ally through your Meta AI glasses and get the help you need in real time.
This is available today in public beta.
If youād like to try it out, the link is below.
Curious to hear what you think once youāve had a chance to use it.
Accessible AI shouldnāt just read documents, it should help you capture them too.
Document guidance is now available on Ally. The assistant can guide you in real time, helping you position your phone so the whole document is in frame before taking the photo.
This feature makes scanning documents easier and more reliable for blind and low-vision users.
Available now on Ally.
ALT Promotional graphic announcing āDocument guidanceā on Ally. A hand holds a smartphone pointed at a document on a table, with a dashed frame on the screen showing the capture area. Speech bubbles say āMove the phone to the leftā and āMove the phone back a little,ā illustrating real-time guidance for positioning the document. App Store and Google Play download badges appear on a blue background.
Accessibility should be free, reliable, and effortless.
Envision helps blind and lowāvision folks turn everyday moments into independence.
Grateful for our community and the trust you place in us.
ALT A five star review for the Envision app from a user named Osibote. The title of the review is "This app lives up to the perfection of its name" and the review says "One of the best apps out there for visually impaired folks like me! The fact that it is now completely free, opens up to us a rich treasure trove indeed. Thank you for truly enabling us to envision the world. And, yes, it is flawlessly screen-reader (VO)-friendly too!"
"Envision is an app that has become indispensable for me."
Hundreds of thousands of people like Mike who are blind or low vision rely on our products every day to 'see' the world around them.
ALT A 5 star review of the Ally app on the app store from Mike in Austria and the review says Phenomenal App! I'm totally blind, and I use the Ally app daily. I use it to read printed labels on groceries purchased, among other things. It's great for reading letters labels on medicine and personal type-written notes from my wife. It's an app that has become indispensable for me. Go Team Envision!!!
For you, tossing paper in the recycling is nothing.
For a blind person, it can mean standing in public, feeling around for symbols you cannot see, praying you guessed right so you are not āthat person.ā
We're changing that at Envision.
Envision didnāt start with a product. It started with a question.
How can technology truly support independence for people who are blind or have low vision?
Hear our co-founder @_karthik on why we build AI smart glasses, with @TheBlindLifesam and @BusinessInsider.
Ally quietly answers a question most sighted people never have to think about:
How do you shop for groceries when you canāt see the shelves, the prices or the offers everyone else takes for granted?
For Vanessa, the answer is now just opening an app and listening.
āCan you describe what my students drew of my guide dog?ā
Ashleigh is a legally blind teacher.
With Envision Glasses, she can hear every detail in her studentsā drawings of her guide dog Mira and share the moment with them in real time.
You cross a city by glancing at signs and storefronts.
Corine crosses it by trusting her guide dog and asking Ally where the entrance is, what street sheās on, and whatās around her.
Accessibility isnāt a bonus, itās how independence works when you canāt see.
When you give blind people tools made for them, great things happen.
He's a blind singerāsongwriter and gamer using Ally to create music handsāfree and play games with realātime descriptions.
He built custom AI personas so the tech adapts to him, not the other way around.
You grab a snack by glancing at a shelf.
A blind coworker has to ask for help, guess ingredients, and hope itās safe.
We built Ally so ājust getting a snackā doesnāt require permission, patience, or perfect eyesight.
Happy Taco Tech Tuesday! š®
Our smart glasses are built so blind and low vision people can read, recognize faces, find objects and get more from every moment.
Big love to @TXTechAccess for this fun quick overview of the Envision Glasses in action.
When someone says they canāt live without Envision, that isnāt a vanity metric.
It means a blind or lowāvision person can read medications & mail on their own. It means privacy, safety and dignity.
We donāt just ship features. We build independence, one everyday task at a time.
ALT A five-star review of the Envision app on the App Store titled "Can't live without the Envision app." The review says: I literally cannot live without this app. I have to use it to read medications and mail. It gives me such independence that I can do things on my own. I depend on this app for independence.
When someone says they canāt live without Envision, that isnāt a vanity metric.
It means a blind or lowāvision person can read medications & mail on their own. It means privacy, safety and dignity.
We donāt just ship features. We build independence, one everyday task at a time.
ALT A five-star review of the Envision app on the App Store titled "Can't live without the Envision app." The review says: I literally cannot live without this app. I have to use it to read medications and mail. It gives me such independence that I can do things on my own. I depend on this app for independence.
Most AI stories are mostly about the tech.
The real story starts with the person using it.
If your innovation isnāt accessible, itās unfinished.
ALT A photo of Brian Dalton, a long time blind Envision user, with his assistant Rachel in front of a bunch of tulips and Brian is using the Envision Glasses to get a vivid description of what's in front of him.
Vanessa has low vision.
On Valentineās Day, she asks Ally what the weather looks like, then which perfume fits the vibe.
The same AI that reads documents and guides navigation is now picking scents and outfits.
Tiny moment, real independence.