Due to the large number of applications for mobile devices, and the speed with which they are being developed, we do not attempt to list them in this directory.
Acessibility Apps for iPhones and iPads
eSight Eyewear (Head-worn)
IrisVision (head-worn)
LaVoice Solo (also OCR)
NuEyes (head-worn)
OXSIGHT Chrystal (visual field expander)
Prodigi (also Desktop & OCR)
seeBOOST (head-worn)
SmartView Xtend, Versa and Versa+
TOPAZ Desktop Video Magnifiers
Vision Buddy (headworn TV viewer & OCR)
CLiCk, Speak–Free
ClipTalk–Free
DEMOSTHeNES–Free
Fire Vox–Free
Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind (KNFB) Reader
La Voice Solo (also CCTV)
LookTel (also a smart phone)
Orcam (glasses-mounted)
Prizmo (IOS app)
SARA Scanning and Reading Appliance
Sayz Me–Free
Text iOS app
Talkie OCR – Scanner/Reader for iOS 14+
TextDetective – Application for iOS 5.0 or later
SpeakEasy–Free
Ultra Hal–Free
Balabolka – FREE
DSpeech – FREE
DeskBot – FREE
Kyrathasoft Text To Speech – FREE
Natural Readers–FREE basic version
NVDA (Nonvisual Desktop Access)–FREE
Orca–FREE with Mac Leopard
PowerTalk – FREE
Read Aloud for the Chrome web browser
ReadClip – FREE
SAToGO–FREE
Simultaneous Stanza Reader – For MAC
System Access Stand-alone Mobile
TTS Reader – FREE
Text2Speech – FREE
Voice Dream Reader for Desktop
Victor Reader Trek (Reader and GPS)
Text-to-Speech Add-on Extensions for Browsers:
FoxVox – for Firefox
SpeakIt! – for Google Chrome
Document Accessibility
Keyboard Shortcuts
Due to the large number of applications for mobile devices, and the speed with which they are being developed, we do not attempt to list them in this directory. Samsung and Apple have the largest shares of the mobile phone market in the U.S. Apple iPhones have a wide range of iOS (app store) apps and accessibility functionality, as does the Android operating system used by Samsung devices.
BlindShell — High quality mobile phone for the blind and visually impaired. Unique hardware, tactile keypad, voice control, loud speaker, and other optional features.
Coupe — Large font menu and dialing display. Voice commands and dedicated colored keys.
Jitterbug — a smartphone for seniors with large buttons, large screen font, and loud speaker
Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind (KNFB) Reader Mobile (Nokia N82) — Includes scanner/reader and GPS
Owasys 22C screenless phone –Available in the U.S. only for GSM networks like AT&T or T-Mobile
RAY — Includes telephony, messaging, navigation, audio book streaming, visual assistance, object recognition, social network services, and leisure and entertainment services.