Seeing AI vs Voxally

Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed with and for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world by describing nearby people, text and objects. Seeing AI provides tools to assist with a variety of daily tasks: • Read - Hear text as soon as it appears in front of the camera. Document alignment provides audio cues to capture a printed page and recognize the text along with its original formatting. Ask Seeing AI about the contents to easily find the information you need. • Describe - Take photos to hear a rich description. Ask questions to focus on the information you care about. Explore photos by moving your finger over the screen to hear the location of different objects. • Products - Scan barcodes and Accessible QR codes using audio beeps to guide you; hear the product name and package information when available. • People - Save photos of friends and coworkers so you can recognize them later. Get an estimate of their age, gender, and expression. • Currency - Recognize currency notes. • Find My Things - Teach Seeing AI to recognize your personal objects and follow the audio cues to find them later. • World - An Audio Augmented Reality experience to explore an unfamiliar environment, including hearing objects announced around you with Spatial Audio (requires a device with a LiDAR, and iOS 14+). • Colors - Identify colors. • Light - Hear an audible tone corresponding to the brightness of your surroundings. • Photos and Videos in other apps - Just tap “Share” and “Recognize with Seeing AI” to describe media from Mail, Photos, WhatsApp, and more. • Browse Photos - Hear descriptions of photos and videos saved on your device. Seeing AI continues to evolve as we hear from the community, and AI research advances. Visit http://SeeingAI.com for more details. Questions, feedback or feature requests? Email us at SeeingAI@Microsoft.com.

Voxally connects creators directly with certified sign language interpreters through a simple, transparent job workflow: Creator uploads a sign language video and posts a job A vetted interpreter claims the job and records the voiceover in-app Creator reviews and approves the deliverable Automated captions and a full transcript are generated and delivered The result is a single piece of content that works for two audiences simultaneously: spoken voiceover and captions for hearing viewers who would otherwise miss sign language content entirely, and a full text transcript for DeafBlind consumers who rely on Braille displays or screen readers. We call this double accessibility.Every voiceover you hear on Voxally was recorded by a real, certified sign language interpreter. Not generated. Not synthesized. Human. AI-assisted transcription and sign language recognition tools have made real progress, and we respect that work. But there is a meaningful difference between tools that help and tools that replace. Voxally is built on the belief that the Deaf community deserves interpreters: people who have trained for years, who understand Deaf culture, and who carry the weight of that responsibility. We are not anti-technology. Voxally uses automation for captions, transcripts, and platform infrastructure. But the interpretation itself (the voice) will always be human. That is not a limitation. It is the product.