Lookout - Assisted vision

A visual assistant to help people with vision loss explore the world

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Lookout - Assisted Vision for the Visually Impaired

"Lookout - Assisted Vision" is an innovative Android app designed to support individuals with low vision or blindness. By utilizing computer vision and generative AI, it helps users read text, identify objects, and complete everyday tasks more easily. With modes for text scanning, document reading, object identification, currency recognition, and food labeling, Lookout enhances accessibility and independence for its users. Available in over 30 languages, this app is an essential tool for navigating the world confidently.

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App stats

By: Google LLC

Users: 751,840

11.39K

Rating: 4.00

(4,145)

0.07

Version: VARY (Last updated: 2024-12-05)

Creation date: 2019-03-11

Email: ap*****@google.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Identity: find accounts on the device

Contacts: find accounts on the device

Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Camera: take pictures and videos

Microphone: record audio

Other:

receive data from Internet
view network connections
measure app storage space
full network access
control vibration
prevent device from sleeping
read Google service configuration

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App summary

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Lookout uses computer vision and generative AI to assist people with low vision or blindness in getting things done faster and more easily. Using your phone's camera, Lookout makes it easier to get more information about the world around you and do daily tasks more efficiently like reading text & documents, sorting mail, putting away groceries, and more.

Built in collaboration with the blind and low-vision community, Lookout supports Google's mission to make the world's information universally accessible to everyone.

Lookout offers seven modes:

• Text: Scan text and hear it read aloud while doing things like sorting mail and reading signs, using Text mode.

• Documents: Capture a whole page of text or handwriting using Documents mode. Available in over 30 languages.

• Explore: Identify objects, people, and text in surroundings using Explore mode.

• Currency: Identify banknotes quickly and reliably using Currency mode, with support for US Dollars, Euros, and Indian Rupees.

• Food labels: Identify packaged foods by their label or barcodes using Food labels mode. Available in over 20 countries.

• Find: Scan surroundings to find objects like doors, bathrooms, cups, vehicles, and more using Find mode. Find mode can also tell you the direction and distance to the object, depending on device capabilities.

• Images: Capture, describe, and ask questions about an image using Images mode. Image descriptions and Q&A available globally in English only.

Lookout is available in more than 30 languages, and runs on devices with Android 6 and above. Devices with 2GB or more RAM are recommended.

Learn more about Lookout in the Help Center:
https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/9031274

User reviews

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Pros

High accuracy in reading text and recognizing objects.
Convenient for visually impaired users, with features like Document Mode and Quick Read Mode.
Offers offline functionality, making it quick and effective.
Various modes for different purposes (e.g., reading labels, documents).

Cons

Some features, such as the Document Mode, do not read out loud after OCR.
Inaccuracy with detecting certain objects and sometimes misidentifying them.
Volume settings are low and difficult to adjust within the app.
Recent updates have negatively impacted user experience, making navigation more difficult.

Most mentioned

Need for improved object recognition accuracy.
Challenges with volume settings and app sound.
Requests for additional features, such as food labeling for specific regions and a PDF-reader option.
User interface changes in recent updates leading to dissatisfaction.

User reviews

#a11y: Can I help to improve this app by connecting it to Google lens & crowdsource so that these apps can deliver info to each other for improving them =training modus? I wish "guided frame" were included so that this technique can help to focus the camera on objects + it were possible to sign in for beta-versions outside the USA, Canada & UK. Thanks in advance. I'm very happy with the ability of reading handwritings!!!

Katty Geltmeyer, 2024-12-12

This is no better than junk from the 90s. It talks worse than a speak and spell, can't recognize anything no matter how many libraries I have it download..

Don M, 2024-11-14

Volume is so low in the app, there seems to be no settings to increase it. Clearing data doesn't help. Edit. I was able to fix it by installing an app called ultra volume which gives access to additional volume settings not available to the original android operating system.