Live Read vs Alketo

Live Read turns your camera into a personal reading companion. It instantly finds printed text and speaks it aloud, giving people with visual impairments an easy way to read independently. No setup, no clutter. Read anything around you From mail and books to signs, menus, and labels, Live Read makes everyday reading effortless at home or on the go. Designed for accessibility Every part of Live Read is built for ease of use. Just open the app, point the camera, and it starts reading automatically. Tap anywhere to stop or reset, or swipe to move between lines. Turning on VoiceOver will replace the swipe gestures with buttons. Features • Automatic reading: Text is detected and spoken aloud in real time. • Tap or swipe control: Tap to stop or reset. Swipe left to repeat a line or right to skip ahead a line of text. • Customizable speech: Choose from natural Apple voices and adjust speaking speed. • Works offline: Reads instantly without an internet connection. • Multi-language support: Recognizes printed text in 50+ languages. • Private and secure: Live Read never saves or sends anything you scan. All processing happens instantly and entirely on your device. Disclaimer: Live Read is not a medical device. Text recognition results may not always be accurate or complete. Please use your own judgment and verify information when needed. Testimonial "I am using it on my phone now. It works amazing! And I'm reading an Irish bagpipe music book so the words are unusual and the computer is getting it pretty much right on." - Vision Piping

Alketo interprets a conversation as it happens, translates text from a photo and puts people who do not share a language in one room. 56 languages. What you translate is never stored on our servers. Your history stays on your phone. WHAT IT DOES • LIVE INTERPRETER Speak normally and the translation keeps up. With headphones you hear it without touching the phone. • A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE Each of you gets a button and the app switches between the languages on its own. • TRANSLATE FROM A PHOTO Menus, signs, packaging, paperwork. The text is read on the phone itself — the photo goes nowhere. • A WHOLE PAGE AT ONCE A contract, an official letter or a manual in a language you do not read. The page is translated as one, technical wording included — and numbers, dates and units stay exactly as written. • GROUP ROOM Several people, each in their own language. A six-digit code is all it takes. • SUBTITLES Large text for someone hard of hearing, or for a noisy place. • YOUR OWN GLOSSARY Names, brands and specialist terms come out the way you want them, every time. • DOUBLE CHECK On a translation that matters, the text goes through a second time and points out where the meaning could have shifted. ACCESSIBILITY Subtitles are in the free version on purpose. Someone who cannot hear should not have to buy large text. The app can be operated with a screen reader. A finished translation is read out on its own, in the voice of its own language rather than the app's. PRIVACY What you translate is not stored on a server and not written to logs. Your history and your glossary live on your phone only. There are no accounts, we never ask for your name or e-mail, we do not track you across apps and there are no ads. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: 40 translations and 4 minutes of live interpreting a month, 3 document pages, a glossary of up to 10 terms, history and subtitles. Nothing is locked behind a trial. Premium unlocks a glossary of 40 terms, more saved phrases, the second-pass accuracy check, regional dialects and share cards without a watermark. It also raises the monthly allowances to 400 translations, 60 minutes of live interpreting and 10 document pages. Longer texts count by length: every 500 characters is one translation, a photo counts by the text on it (at least two) and a document by its pages. When our server recognizes speech, a minute of interpreting counts as two. Monthly or yearly, and the App Store shows the price in your own currency. The subscription renews automatically and can be cancelled at any time in your store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://alketo.app/privacy