Look & Talk vs Big Text Note

Look & Talk reads the world out loud. Hold up your iPhone, and any text in front of the camera is spoken back to you in seconds. Built for blind and low-vision users — and for anyone who needs a hand reading small print, foreign menus, mail, signs, or screens. Everything happens on your device. No login. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Nothing leaves your iPhone. WHAT IT DOES • Live text reader — Point the camera at anything with text, and Look & Talk starts reading the moment it sees the words. • Read from photos — Open any image in your library and Look & Talk reads it aloud. • Magnifier — Up to 5x camera zoom with a freeze button so you can hold a moment still and read at your own pace. • Color detector — Aim the camera at a shirt, a bottle, or a label and hear the color out loud. Helpful for picking outfits, sorting laundry, or just navigating a colorful world. • Listening history — Every reading is saved on your device so you can hear it again later. Tap and listen. Swipe to delete. Nothing syncs to the cloud. • Lock Screen widget and Control Center — One tap to start reading without unlocking your phone. • Siri shortcut — "Hey Siri, read text" opens the camera and starts reading. DESIGNED FOR ACCESSIBILITY FROM THE FIRST PIXEL • Big, high-contrast buttons. Targets larger than 60 points everywhere. • Full VoiceOver support with descriptive labels and hints. • Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility size. • Reduce Motion and Increase Contrast respected throughout. • Adjustable speech rate and pitch in Settings. • Haptic feedback so you feel a confirmation when something is read. • Three-language interface: English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil). WHY ON DEVICE MATTERS Look & Talk uses Apple's Vision framework and Foundation Models on your iPhone to recognize text and speak it. Your photos, the labels you scan, the signs you point at — all of it stays with you. There is no server. No analytics. No third-party AI. DEVICE REQUIREMENTS Look & Talk works best on iPhone 12 or newer (A12 Neural Engine or later). The describer feature uses Foundation Models on Apple Intelligence-capable devices and falls back gracefully on others. iOS 26 or newer. SUPPORT Hand-built by an indie developer who reads every email. Write me at christian@irack.mx, or say hi at @chrisifm on Instagram. LINKS Privacy Policy: https://legal.ingenieria.dev/readeye/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://legal.ingenieria.dev/readeye/support.html

Big Text Note shows one note in large, easy-to-read text so you can hold it up to the person in front of you. It works as a simple communication board: for talking with someone who is deaf or hard of hearing, for the days when your own voice is not available, for noisy places like stations and event halls, or for a quick word at a counter or reception desk. Type it, show it, and if needed, let the device say it. Read Aloud speaks the note with the voices built into your iPhone or iPad. The language is detected from the text, and nothing is sent to a server. Voice input turns what the other person says into text on the device. You choose whether to append the result to the note or replace it. Audio is never saved; only the text you keep is stored. Show mode turns the note into a clear message board. Pick Normal, Large, or Huge, fine-tune the size, and choose text and background colors, including high-contrast pairs. Flip the note upside down for the person across the table, or turn your iPhone sideways for one long line. The screen stays on while Show mode is open. Quick Phrases keeps four ready-made lines and up to three of your own, one tap away. Add the Home Screen widget to keep the current note in view. No account, no ads, no tracking, and no server sync. The note stays on your device.