# Bright Guide - messenger — Messenger for blind people > Accessible messenger for blind users with Voice Over integration. (iPhone/iPad app by FEDOR BELOMOEV.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bright-guide-messenger/id1458917846 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [FEDOR BELOMOEV](https://appshunter.io/developer/1458917635) - Category: Social Networking, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 3.29/5 from 35 App Store ratings · 21 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 10.0 · 106 MB - Languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish - Released: 2019-05-09 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bright-guide-messenger/id1458917846/reviews.md ## What is Bright Guide? Bright Guide is a convenient messenger designed specifically for blind people and working with the Voice Over screen access program. The Bright Guide application allows you to send text and voice messages, images and documents, as well as subscribe to popular channels in Telegram. In the interface of the Bright Guide application, all the buttons are conveniently located, there are no extra headers and not always necessary notifications, which are often found when using Voice Over. We also thought out and added some convenient features that can please users: — In order not to return to the "Back" button every time, you can double-click on the screen of the phone with two fingers. This activates the "Back" button in all places of the application — By sending a voice message, you can always listen to it before sending it, overwrite it or simply delete it — Being in the chat with a user, scrolling up or down, you can select the function you need for further action — We also developed a special search system “Alphabetical Index”. It allows you to search quickly through your contacts by the first letter of the name or surname with Voice Over. For example, choosing the letter "B", you activate the search for users whose first or last name begins with the letter "B" Perhaps in the process of using the application, you will have questions, suggestions or just comments that you want to share with us. You can always contact us in the support service section! ## Key features - Voice and text messaging - Image and document sharing - Telegram channel subscriptions - Intuitive interface for screen readers - Two-finger double-tap for back navigation - Voice message preview and editing - Alphabetical contact search ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Voice message | $4.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 21) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bright-guide-messenger/id1458917846/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Work better *2025-03-20, version 1.1.3* Please Fix to be able to lag in with my phone number. It says incorrect phone number. And also update the app or remove it from App Store. Is not fair that android telegram app is better then iOS. Come on you Guys can do better then that. Please work better in this app. And all the other telegram apps for iOS. ### 3/5 — Accessible But *2024-04-21, version 1.1.3* This app is nicely accessible, but I've had trouble finding contacts and I've experienced other bugs. Plus, this app has not been updated in a long time! I don't trust apps that are not updated regularly. You need to update the app occasionally to make sure it is secure and that new features are occasionally added. I like to know that the developer has time for the app and still cares about it. I know it's hard for independent developers. However, I don't like to be disappointed. Especially if I've paid for an app or for access to all of its features. i’m adding to my review because I am frustrated with this app. If you don’t have time for the app, please just pull it from the App Store. You’re not doing blind people any favors by never updating the app. We are well into iOS 17 and about to see iOS 18 soon. again, update the app or just pull it from the App Store. ### 1/5 — Accesible *2024-03-18* Please make this app as much accesible as the telegram for android thannnnks he opppe you do that i can’t put in my acount. It says incorrect phone number, o code. Do somthing please. Make it easy to put the acount. Like the original telegram app. I hope you do something soon. I am totally Blind. I need this app as much as accesible, and easier as posible. Please. Thank you. Hi. I am blind, and I need you to make the app accesible with screen reader. And easier to put an acount by sms… instead off having to go back and forwards from app to app to read the code. And putting it in. I hope I am explaining myself. Please do all that. ### 1/5 — Accesible *2024-02-28* Please make this app as much accesible as the telegram for android thannnnks he opppe you do that i can’t put in my acount. It says incorrect phone number, o code. Do somthing please. Make it easy to put the acount. Like the original telegram app. I hope you do something soon. I am totally Blind. I need this app as much as accesible, and easier as posible. Please. Thank you. Hi. I am blind, and I need you to make the app accesible with screen reader. And easier to put an acount by sms… instead off having to go back and forwards from app to app to read the code. And putting it in. I hope I am explaining myself. ### 1/5 — Accesible *2024-02-21* Please make this app as much accesible as the telegram for android thannnnks he opppe you do that i can’t put in my acount. It says incorrect phone number, o code. Do somthing please. Make it easy to put the acount. Like the original telegram app. I hope you do something soon. I am totally Blind. I need this app as much as accesible, and easier as posible. Please. Thank you. ### 1/5 — Accesible *2024-02-18* Please make this app as much accesible as the telegram for android thannnnks he opppe you do that ### 3/5 — Accessible But *2023-03-10, version 1.1.3* This app is nicely accessible, but I've had trouble finding contacts and I've experienced other bugs. Plus, this app has not been updated in a long time! I don't trust apps that are not updated regularly. You need to update the app occasionally to make sure it is secure and that new features are occasionally added. I like to know that the developer has time for the app and still cares about it. I know it's hard for independent developers. However, I don't like to be disappointed. Especially if I've paid for an app or for access to all of its features. ### 1/5 — This need updated and needs to stop forgetting i am logged in. *2022-07-02, version 1.1.3* So this app needs an update for the newer os coming out plus just bug improvements like the fact when i tried to contact support it told me to hit the send button twice to activate it all elements have to be done with that method in voiceover. So that is nothing new. The text box with my message still did not clear. Oh and i did not know it had logged me out. So that being said I was not able to use the app because it looked logged in accept my messages werent updating. Furthermore there is no logout button or status change feature. This has nothing i would want mostly in a messenger. If I could code i would code in swift and code from the ground up and not charge to send voice messages and also dictation is flawed here because it kept writing words i wasn’t even saying. And repeatedly writing them. ### 3/5 — نتمنى التنقل بينه الرسائل اكثر سلاسه اترجاكم *2022-06-15, version 1.1.3* نتمنا التنقل بينه الرسائل أكثر سلاسه اترجاكم ### 5/5 — A wonderful app *2022-02-09, version 1.1.3* I discovered this app just recently and I find it to be accessible and user friendly. It has made my life easier as far as telegram is concerned. Much appreciation and thanks to the developer of this app and I have to say, the five dollar in app purchase is absolutely worth it. Thank you very much again. ## Frequently asked questions about Bright Guide ### What does Bright Guide do? Bright Guide is a messenger application specifically designed for blind individuals. It works with the Voice Over screen reader to allow users to send text and voice messages, images, and documents. It also enables subscriptions to popular Telegram channels. ### What are the key accessibility features? The app features an intuitive interface with conveniently located buttons and minimal unnecessary notifications. It includes a two-finger double-tap gesture to activate the 'Back' button, a voice message preview and editing option, and a unique 'Alphabetical Index' search for contacts. ### Is Bright Guide free to use? The application is free to download and use. However, it does offer in-app purchases, suggesting that some features or content may be available for an additional cost. ### What devices is Bright Guide compatible with? The description mentions compatibility with the Voice Over screen access program, which is a feature of Apple's iOS devices. Therefore, it is likely designed for iPhones and iPads. ### How does the 'Alphabetical Index' search work? The 'Alphabetical Index' is a special search system developed for quick contact searching. When using Voice Over, you can select the first letter of a contact's first or last name to quickly find them within your contact list. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1.3 — 2020-11-13 Dear users of Bright Guide, we have released an update, in which not only new useful options have appeared, but also some changes have been made to make the application more convenient to use: — Added option "Mark chat as read"; — Added option "Add to favourites"; — Added automatic playback of voice notes; — Added the ability to send a voice note by a double tap in the message list; — Changed the logic of the voice notes: now the recording begins immediately after opening this screen. We hope that you will appreciate these updates and that the use of the application will become more comfortable for you. Thank you for using Bright Guide! ### 1.1.2 — 2020-05-31 We have prepared the next update of the Bright Guide application. What's new: 1. Fixed a bug that did not allow sending messages to their own groups; 2. Added confirmation when deleting and clearing chat; 3. Added the ability to view contact information from the chat; 4. Improved application stability. We thank users for the feedback that contributes to the improvement and development of the application. Send your questions, comments and suggestions to support service. ### 1.1.1 — 2020-05-14 Dear users, We are pleased to announce the next Bright Guide update. This time, the changes affected the internal dimension of the app, which contributed to its optimization and improvement of work. 1. Improved stability and speed of the application due to updating the library from Telegram and several places in the code, as well as due updating the version of the Swift language and all the project dependencies; 2. Now the application is available in Italian; 3. The authorization process for new users has been adjusted. Now a separate screen has been made for entering the name and surname of the new user (This change will be noticeable to those who have not previously registered with Telegram). We hope that the improvements made will make using the Bright Guide app more convenient and enjoyable. Send your feedback and suggestions to the support service . ### 1.1.0 — 2019-08-28 Dear users, it's time for the first Bright Guide update. Over the past weeks, you kindly sent us your feedback on the the Bright Guide app, which we collected and processed, creating plans for improvements and revisions. In preparing this update, we did a great job and made the following: 1. We added the “Share” feature , which received the most requests from users. Now you can share messages, files, sending them to other applications. Please note that if you want to share an audio file, you must first download it, and only then it will be possible to share it. We also want to draw your attention that not all external applications support the “share” function, for example, by audio files. 2. Now it is possible to listen to all video formats in the Bright Guide (for now with the exception of video notes). 3. Added the ability to open almost all link formats in the app. Also, you will probably notice that we have removed the reading of the full version of links — now all the links are read in a shorter version, which not take your time. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that in countries where Telegram has limited access (for example, in China, Russia, etc.), not all direct links can be opened. In some cases, by opening links to communities that require a subscription to open links, you will be automatically subscribed to the community and the link opens. You can leave the community after opening the link. 4. Now, if you open a chat or channel, the Voice Over cursor focuses on the first unread message. This feature is very important for convenient reading. 5. We have made many language corrections, including Spanish language. A global optimization was also carried out and now the speed of the Bright Guide has become much higher. Using the application, you will notice only 20% of the visible improvements, in fact, we fixed a lot of minor errors that you would not notice. We want to thank our users who leave feedback and suggestions, since it is your support that makes our application better. Please write to our support service any suggestions. We would like to ask for help in share information about new opportunities opening up with the Bright Guide, and we will try to justify your recommendations and make application even better and more convenient! Follow our news and updates on the official Bright Guide channel in English: https://t.me/BrightGuide ### 1.0.1 — 2019-05-16 1) Fixed voice messages and audio files working when VoiceOver is turned on. 2) Improved stability of work in chats with a large number of animated images. ## Apps similar to Bright Guide | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [BeChain](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bechain/id1487461280) | — | Free | Social Networking | | [天通苑生活圈-租房买房生活服务](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id1492669340) | 1.0 (1) | Free | Social Networking | | [Checkie for Foursquare Swarm](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/checkie-for-foursquare-swarm/id382356167) | 4.7 (120) | Free | Social Networking | | [爱说笑](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id1496601977) | — | Free | Social Networking | | [Shayk - Share your link](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shayk-share-your-link/id1545855050) | 4.8 (298) | Free | Social Networking | | [commin - CONTACT NETWORK](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/commin-contact-network/id1531255069) | — | Free | Social Networking | ## More apps by FEDOR BELOMOEV - [HaptiBraille](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haptibraille/id1581314150) All apps by FEDOR BELOMOEV: https://appshunter.io/developer/1458917635 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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