The app listing directs questions, feedback, and feature requests to SeeingAI@Microsoft.com.

Seeing AI

Free plan AndroidiPhone

What Seeing AI is

Seeing AI is a free app designed with and for blind and low vision people. It narrates information from the world around the user, using the camera or media shared from other apps. For reading, it speaks text in front of the camera and gives audio cues to help align and capture printed documents while retaining their original formatting.

The app describes photos, answers questions about them, and supports exploring object locations by touch. It scans barcodes and accessible QR codes with audio guidance, and provides product or package information when available. It can also recognize saved friends and coworkers, estimate age, gender, and expression, recognize currency notes, identify colors, and give an audible tone for light brightness. Photos and videos can be shared from apps such as Mail, Photos, and WhatsApp for description.

Seeing AI is available on Android and iOS. Its Android listing describes interface changes oriented toward TalkBack users. The World audio augmented reality feature requires a device with LiDAR and iOS 14 or later. A limited pilot supports an ARx camera headset connected to an Android device over USB-C. The app listing directs users to email [email protected] with questions, feedback, or feature requests.

Who it suits

Seeing AI is for blind and low vision people who want spoken descriptions of text, photos, products, and other visual information. It also suits users who want to share media from other apps for description or use audio guidance for scanning.

What it does well

Reads camera text and helps align printed documents with audio cues
Describes photos and answers questions about them
Scans barcodes and accessible QR codes with audio guidance
Recognizes currency notes, colors, and saved contacts
Available on Android and iOS

What to know first

World audio augmented reality requires LiDAR and iOS 14 or later
The Android data safety section says data is not encrypted and cannot be deleted
The ARx camera headset support is described as a limited pilot

Limits

World audio augmented reality requires a device with LiDAR and iOS 14 or later. The ARx headset option is a limited pilot for a headset connected to an Android device over USB-C.

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Seeing AI	Free app; no paid plan stated	Free

As seeingai.com lists them, read 10 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Getting started

Install Seeing AI on an Android or iOS device
Open the app and point the camera at text or a barcode, or choose a photo
Use audio cues to align and capture a printed document
Share photos or videos from Mail, Photos, WhatsApp, or another app to Seeing AI

Verdict

Choose Seeing AI if you want a free mobile app that narrates text, images, and product information for blind and low vision use. Look elsewhere if you need World audio augmented reality on a device without LiDAR, or need that feature on Android.

Questions

Is Seeing AI free?

Yes. Seeing AI is a free app, with a listed price of $0 and no paid plan stated.

Which platforms are supported?

Seeing AI is available on Android and iOS.

What can Seeing AI read or describe?

It reads text in front of the camera, describes photos and videos, and can provide product or package information from scans when available.

Can it work with media from other apps?

Yes. Users can share media from apps such as Mail, Photos, and WhatsApp to Seeing AI for description.

Does World audio augmented reality work on every device?

No. It requires a device with LiDAR and iOS 14 or later.

Who makes Seeing AI?

The app listing directs questions, feedback, and feature requests to [email protected].

Facts from Seeing AI's own pages

Accessibility and audience: Seeing AI is designed for the blind and low vision community, and its Android listing describes TalkBack-oriented interface changes. · play.google.com, 10 Oct 2026
Android data safety: Google Play's developer-provided data safety section says no data is shared with third parties and no data is collected, and notes that data is not encrypted and cannot be deleted. · play.google.com, 10 Oct 2026
Feature limitation: The World audio augmented reality feature requires a device with LiDAR and iOS 14 or later. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026
Founded: 2017 · seeingai.com, 28 Sept 2026
Hands-free pilot: The maker describes a limited pilot supporting the ARx camera headset connected to an Android device over USB-C. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026
Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States · seeingai.com, 28 Sept 2026
Integrations: Users can share media from apps such as Mail, Photos, and WhatsApp to Seeing AI for description. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026
Medical device status: The user manual states that Seeing AI is a Class I medical device under EU Regulation 2017/745. · microsoft.com, 10 Oct 2026
Other channels: It identifies colors, provides an audible tone for light brightness, and can describe photos and videos shared from other apps. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026
People and currency: It can help recognize saved friends and coworkers, estimate age, gender, and expression, and recognize currency notes. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026
Photo descriptions: It describes photos, lets users ask questions about them, and supports exploring object locations by touch. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026
Platforms: The maker provides download links for iOS and Android versions. · microsoft.com, 10 Oct 2026
Product recognition: It scans barcodes and accessible QR codes with audio guidance and provides product or package information when available. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026
Purpose: Seeing AI is a free app designed with and for blind and low vision people that narrates the world around them. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026
Reading: It reads text in front of the camera and uses audio cues to help align and capture printed documents with their original formatting. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026
Support: The app listing directs users to email [email protected] for questions, feedback, or feature requests. · seeingai.com, 10 Oct 2026