4.9
8.52K reviews
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Content rating
Rated for 3+
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About this app

Envision is the fastest, most reliable and award-winning free OCR app that speaks out the visual world, helping people who are blind or have low vision to lead more independent lives.
Envision is developed for and together with our community. The app is simple, gets things done and brings the best assistive experience to blind and low vision users.
Simply use your phone camera to scan any piece of text, your surroundings, objects, people or products and everything will be read out to you thanks to Envision’s smart artificial intelligence (AI) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
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What Envision users say about the app:
“Incredibly easy to turn any kind of text into speech. It has improved my independence a lot. - Kimberly from USA. Easy going text recognition. Text recognition is outstanding. Good for independence. Ease of use is immaculate” - Noahis from Australia
“Amazing. I love it. I'm blind and I love how easy it is to use. Amazing job!!!!” - Matt from Canada
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With full talkback support, Envision enables you to:
Read all kinds of text:
• Instantly read any piece of text in over 60 different languages.
• Easily scan your paper documents (single or multiple pages) with the help of audio-guided edge detection. All content is spoken back to you and is ready for export and edit.
• Import PDFs and images to get a description of the image and recognition of all the text within it.
• Quickly read handwritten postcards, letters, lists and other paperwork.
Know what's around you:
• Effortlessly describe visual scenes around you.
• Detect colour on your clothes, walls, books, you name it.
• Swiftly scan barcodes to get extensive information about the products.
Find what you're looking for:
• Find people around you; the names of your family and friends are spoken out whenever they are in the frame.
• Find objects around you; selecting common objects from the in-app list to find them.
Share:
• Share images or documents from your phone or other apps like Twitter or WhatsApp by selecting ‘Envision It’ from the share sheet. Envision can then read and describe those images for you.
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Feedback, questions or feature requests?
We welcome everyone to provide their feedback about the Envision app, as we’re constantly improving.
Please email us at support@LetsEnvision.com.
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Please read our Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://www.LetsEnvision.com/terms
If you're still reading all the way down here, we'd like to thank you for your diligence, attention to detail and general commitment to finishing something that you started. Just like all the team working at Envision!
Updated on
Jan 22, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Personal info and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.9
8.42K reviews
R. P
July 17, 2024
I think this app has alot of potential. I'm hoping in the future it can be taught to do certain tasks. Like I have been trying to find an app that can describe something on in the frame automatically. Tarot cards, in this instance. Like show me text of the meaning as I draw them and place them in frame without me having to continuously push a button or guide it to answer . I think it would be handy in alot of different tasks for those learning something new.
39 people found this review helpful
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Envision Technologies B.V.
November 5, 2024
Thank you for your review and thoughtful suggestions Raven —We're thrilled to hear about the potential you see in the app. Automatic recognition and description for tasks like reading Tarot cards is a great idea, and we’re always looking to enhance functionality. Please stay tuned for updates, and feel free to reach out at support@letsenvision.com
Palatheerthapu Ajay
July 27, 2022
Thank you so much for making this app free for everyone. You understand the situation of economic backward sections. This app provides enormous benefits to visually impaired and their educational and professional life. In this version, slide improvements should be brought as it is taking a little longer to recognise the text in photo or document has compared to the previous versions. Thank you.
238 people found this review helpful
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Envision Technologies B.V.
August 30, 2022
Dear Palatheerthapu, Thank you for your suggestions! We will try to incorporate them in future versions. Rest assured that we are working diligently every day to provide you with the best accessible experience. Should you come across any inquiries, we are always happy to help you at support@letsenvision.com.
A Google user
February 10, 2020
I am not blind still I use this app for hearing text to speech from PDF. I want to list out few things which I consider as demerits 1. The app doesnt run on the background , when I hear audio from PDF , the app needs to be unlocked, which drains my battery. 2. It is not continuing from where left, always I should remember the page I left and go-to the related page , very annoying. Otherwise this app does what is expected. The above points are very important to any reader..
176 people found this review helpful
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Envision Technologies B.V.
March 2, 2020
Thank you for your kind feedback. We are aware of this problem and are currently trying to improve it. In the meantime, please always update the app to the latest version when you see the option to. Do not hesitate to contact us at support@letsenvision.com for any additional feedback you may have.

What’s new

- Envision Glasses 2025 Pass purchase crash fix
- Home screen crash fixes