A free app from ALTtext.org
ALTeyes
Point your phone. Hear what it is.
The seeing app you don't have to learn. A free app that reads, describes, finds and answers, out loud.
Open ALT Eyes — free →Works on any iPhone or Android phone, in the browser. No account, nothing to install.
Eight tools, one screen
ALT Eyes uses the same description engine as ALTtext, pointed at the world instead of a post. Open it, aim your phone, and it speaks:
- Read — labels, barcodes, signs, menus, mail.
- Describe — what's in front of you, hazards first.
- Ask — a question about the view, and follow-ups.
- Find — say what you're looking for and hear which way it is.
- Money and Document — banknotes counted, bills and prescriptions read in a useful order.
- Remember — save your own things by name and have them recognized afterward.
- Zoom — magnify small or distant print first.
All of it runs on the phone you already have, iPhone or Android; only measuring distance needs a Pro model's depth sensor. The basics are free for everyday use, with no account, and they stay free.ALT Eyes Pro is $19.99 a year and adds a memory for your things, family sharing and hands-free control.
Also in progress: ALT Eyes you can wear
The same eyes, hands-free: a yellow clip for the glasses you already own, and yellow frames after that. Bright yellow so everyone knows what they are, and built so they cannot record. Not ready yet, so there's a waitlist.
- Camera — sees what you're facing. Frames are processed and thrown away.
- Depth sensor — a tiny time-of-flight chip that measures distance to things at head height, the ones a cane never finds.
- Live light — on whenever the camera is on. No exceptions, no software switch.
- Bone-conduction audio — you hear ALT Eyes and the street at the same time. Your ears stay open.
- One button — press to read, hold to ask.
Concept drawing. Final design will change as we test with real users.